The Fishing Vessels (Decommissioning) Scheme 1993

Eligibility for decommissioning grant

3.—(1) Any person who owns a registered fishing vessel—

(a) which was acquired by him before 27th February 1992,

(b) which is over 10 metres in length,

(c) in respect of which there is a current licence which authorises the taking of fish of such descriptions as are not less extensive than the descriptions of fish that were authorised by any previous licence which applied in respect of the vessel on 27th February 1992,

(d) which has spent at least 100 days at sea on fishing trips during each of the calendar years 1991 and 1992,

(e) which is at least 10 years old at the date of the application, and

(f) which, in the case of a vessel over 12 metres in length had, on 1st April 1993, a valid fishing vessel certificate under the provisions of the Fishing Vessels (Safety Provisions) Rules 1975(1), or, in the case of any other vessel, in the opinion of the Ministers is fit for undertaking sea fishing trips without the need for major repairs or alterations,

is eligible for a decommissioning grant.

(2) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1)(d) above—

(a) a “day” means all or any part of a period of 24 consecutive hours beginning at midnight,

(b) time spent steaming between port and fishing ground and between one fishing ground and another shall be included in the calculation of days spent at sea.

(3) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1)(f) above, “length” in relation to a vessel means its registered length.

(1)

S.I. 1975/330, amended by S.I. 1975/471, 1976/432, 1977/313, 498, 1978/1598, 1873, 1981/567, 1991/1342 and by the Fisheries Act 1981, Schedule 3, paragraph 8(3).