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Offences

4.—(1) Where there is, in relation to—

(a)any relevant British fishing boat wherever it may be, or

(b)any other fishing boat which is within relevant British fishery limits,

a contravention of, or failure to comply with, any specified Community provision in column 1 of Schedule 1 or column 1 of Schedule 2 to this Order, the master, the owner and the charterer (if any) shall each be guilty of an offence.

(2) Where there is a contravention of, or failure to comply with, any specified Community provision in column 1 of Schedule 2 to this Order which does not relate to fishing boats, each person responsible for the contravention shall be guilty of an offence.

(3) Where there is, in respect of any third country fishing boat to which any specified Community provision in column 1 of Schedule 3 to this Order applies which is within relevant British fishery limits, a contravention of, or failure to comply with, that specified Community provision, the master, the owner and the charterer (if any) shall each be guilty of an offence.