Purchase of fish by an unregistered buyer8.

(1)

Any person who buys fish contrary to Article 22(2)(b) of the CFP Regulation, as read with the final sub-paragraph of Article 22(2), is guilty of an offence.

(2)

Any person who–

(a)

buys fish and but for the final sub-paragraph of Article 22(2) would have been guilty of an offence under paragraph (1); and

(b)

on the day that person buys the fish that person buys a total of more than 25 kilogrammes of fish,

is guilty of an offence.

(3)

Any person who, on its first sale, buys fish other than from a registered fish seller and is not a registered fish buyer, is guilty of an offence.

(4)

A person is not guilty of an offence under paragraph (3) if–

(a)

that person does not buy more than 25 kilogrammes of fish on the day in question; and

(b)

that person can show that all of the fish bought on that day is for private consumption.