Receiving of Trans-shipped Sea Fish (Licensing) Order 1982

• Citation: S.I. 1982/80
• Sections: 4

Section 1 Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Receiving of Trans-shipped Sea Fish (Licensing) Order 1982 and shall come into operation on 1st February 1982.

Section 2 Interpretation

In this Order “ pelagic sea fish ” means fish of any of the following descriptions:

Mackerel (Scomber scombrus) ,

Herring (Clupea harengus) ,

Sprat (Clupea sprattus) ,

Pilchard (Sardina pilchardus) ,

Horse Mackerel (Trachurus trachurus) .

Section 3 Prohibition of receiving trans-shipped sea fish without a licence

The receiving within British fishery limits by any vessel (whether British or foreign) of any pelagic sea fish caught by any British fishing boat registered in the United Kingdom, being pelagic sea fish which is trans-shipped from a boat so registered to the receiving vessel, is prohibited unless authorised by a licence granted by one of the Ministers.

Section 4 Enforcement

For the purpose of the enforcement of this Order, there are hereby conferred on every British sea fishery officer all the powers of a British sea fishery officer under section 8(2) to (4) of the Sea Fisheries Act 1968 .