Amendment of the Registration of Fish Buyers and Sellers and Designation of Fish Auction Sites Regulations 2005U.K.
2.—(1) The Registration of Fish Buyers and Sellers and Designation of Fish Auction Sites Regulations 2005(1) are amended as follows.
(2) For paragraphs (3) and (4) of regulation 1, substitute—
“(3) These Regulations apply—
(a)in England;
(b)in relation to any relevant British fishing boat wherever it is, except when it is in Wales; and
(c)in relation to any other fishing boat within British fishery limits, except when the boat is in—
(i)the Northern Ireland zone (as defined in section 98 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998(2));
(ii)the Scottish zone (as defined in section 126(1) of the Scotland Act 1998(3));
(iii)the territorial sea adjacent to the Isle of Man, Jersey(4) or Guernsey; or
(iv)Wales.
(4) In paragraph (3)(b) and (c)(iv), “Wales” has the same meaning as in section 158(1) of the Government of Wales Act 2006(5).”
(3) For paragraph (1) of regulation 13, substitute—
“(1) For the purpose of enforcing these Regulations or any equivalent provisions, any British sea-fishery officer may exercise the powers conferred by this regulation in relation to any fishing boat to which these Regulations apply.”.
(4) In paragraph (3) of regulation 13, for “article”, substitute “regulation”.
(5) For regulation 15, substitute—
“15. Any British sea-fishery officer may seize any fish (including any receptacle that contains the fish) in respect of which the officer has reasonable grounds to suspect that an offence under these Regulations or under any equivalent provision has been committed.”.
See section 1 of the Territorial Sea Act 1987 (c. 49), as extended to Jersey by S.I. 1997/278 (as amended by S.I. 2002/250), and to the Isle of Man by S.I. 1991/1722.