The Sea Fishing (Days in Port) Regulations 1992

Management of days in port

4.—(1) A vessel to which these Regulations apply shall remain in port for one or more periods totalling 135 days during the period 1st February 1992 to 31st December 1992.

(2) A period in port may consist of a single day or of a group of days taken consecutively.

(3) No period in port shall count for the purposes of paragraph (1) above unless—

(a) it consists of at least one day,

(b) it is notified in accordance with regulation 5, and

(c) where paragraph (5) below applies, the requirements of that paragraph are satisfied.

(4) Once a period has been notified and has commenced the vessel concerned shall remain in port until either that period has expired or a revised period notified in accordance with regulation 5(4) has expired.

(5) Where the port in which the vessel is to remain is not in the United Kingdom the master, owner or charterer shall within 14 days of the expiry of the period in port furnish to the Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland in the case of a vessel licensed by that Department or to a British sea-fishery officer in any other case a statement signed and dated by the authority in charge of that port containing the particulars specified in Schedule 2.