Scottish Statutory Instrument SI 2015/320 United Kingdom

The Sea Fishing (EU Control Measures) (Scotland) Order 2015

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Enforced by
Scottish Government
Status
In Force
Penalty ceiling
Prosecution 6 of 14 obligations carry a criminal penalty. 1 carries different penalties and 7 have no criminal penalty — flagged in the list below.

Does it bind you?

Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.

Any Person8 Trader2 Director or Officer1 Employer1 Applicant1

Plus 1 duty on the regulator, Crown ministers and public bodies — folded into the section list below.

Other Acts binding the same actors

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Any Person — also bound by 2684 other Acts
Trader — also bound by 864 other Acts
Companies Act 2006 244 duties
Companies Act 1985 85 duties
Director or Officer — also bound by 482 other Acts
Companies Act 2006 126 duties
Employer — also bound by 701 other Acts
TULRCA 1992 72 duties
Applicant — also bound by 325 other Acts

What it requires

Regulations creating concrete business duties or carrying penalties, grouped as the instrument is structured. Titles link to the source text — blue means you’re leaving for legislation.gov.uk.

s.art004 First sale of fisheries products Regulated
  • Sell first-sale fish outside registered auction systemAny Person
s.art005 Purchase of fisheries products by an unregistered buyer Regulated
  • Buy first-sale fish without being registeredAny Person
s.art006 Registration of buyers of fisheries products Regulated
  • Comply with your fisheries buyer registration conditions and undertakingsAny Person
s.art007 Obligation of registered buyers of fisheries products to keep records Regulated
  • Keep records of every first sale fisheries product purchaseTrader
s.art008 Registration of sellers of fisheries products Regulated
  • Registered sellers must comply with conditions and undertakingsTrader
s.art009 Obligation of registered sellers of fisheries products to keep records Regulated
  • Keep records of first-sale fisheries products and produce them on requestEmployer
s.art010 Registration of auctions Regulated
  • Comply with auction registration conditions and provide accurate informationApplicant
s.art011 Sale of first sale fisheries products landed from a licensed fishing boat Regulated
  • Market first-sale fish products landed by an unlicensed fishing boatAny Person
s.art012 Prohibition on purchase of first sale fisheries products not landed by a licensed fishing boat Regulated
  • Buy first sale fisheries products not landed by a licensed boatAny Person
s.art013 Powers of British sea-fishery officers in relation to fishing boats Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Sea-fishery officers must serve written notice when detaining a boatCrown / Minister / Government department
s.art017 Obstruction of officers Regulated
  • Obstruct or assault a sea-fishery officerAny Person
s.art018 Offences by bodies corporate Regulated
  • Be personally liable for a company fisheries offence through consent or neglectDirector or Officer
s.art021 Weighing of fisheries products: landing of certain pelagic species in specified ports Regulated
  • Land controlled pelagic catches only at Scottish Ministers' specified portsAny Person
s.art022 Penalties Prosecution
  • Breach sea fishing control measuresAny Person

Unlimited fine

17 other provisions — procedural and definitional
s.art001 Citation, commencement and extent
s.art002 Interpretation
s.art003 Competent authority
s.art014 Powers of British sea-fishery officers on land
s.art015 Powers of British sea-fishery officers to seize fish and fishing gear
s.art016 Protection of officers
s.art019 Admissibility in evidence of logbooks and other documents
s.art020 Admissibility in evidence of the weight of fish
s.art023 Recovery of fines
s.art024 Amendment of the Sea Fish (Marketing Standards) (Scotland) Regulations 2004
s.art025 Amendment of the Sea Fishing (Prohibition on the Removal of Shark Fins) (Scotland) Order 2007
s.art026 Amendment of the Offshore Marine Conservation (Natural Habitats, &c.) Regulations 2007
s.art027 Amendment of the Sea Fishing (Restriction on Days at Sea) (Scotland) Order 2010
s.art028 Amendment of the Sea Fishing (EU Recording and Reporting Requirements) (Scotland) Order 2010
s.art029 Amendment of the Sharks, Skates and Rays (Prohibition of Fishing, Trans-shipment and Landing) (Scotland) Order 2012
s.art030 Amendment of the Sea Fishing (Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing) (Scotland) Order 2013
s.art031 Revocations and savings

Help complying

Guvnor’s practical routes through this instrument.

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Fish farming and first-sale fish in Scotland: authorisation, health and registration

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