293 Enforcement of Community rules

Chapter 6
Miscellaneous and Supplementary

Enforcement of Community rules

293  Enforcement of Community rules

(1)     Section 30 of the Fisheries Act 1981 (c 29) (enforcement of Community rules) is amended as follows.

(2)     In subsection (1)—

(a)     after “enforceable Community restrictions” insert “, and enforceable Community obligations,”;

(b)     for paragraph (a) substitute—

“(a)     if any fishing boat within British fishery limits—

(i)     fishes in contravention of any such restriction, or

(ii)     fails to comply with any such obligation,

the master, the owner and the charterer (if any) are each guilty of an offence;”;

(c)     after paragraph (a) insert—

“(aa)     if any English or Welsh fishing boat outside British fishery limits—

(i)     fishes in contravention of any such restriction, or

(ii)     fails to comply with any such obligation,

the master, the owner and the charterer (if any) are each guilty of an offence;

(ab)     if any person in England or Wales—

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