The Third Country Fishing (Enforcement) Order 1993
UK Statutory Instrument 1993 No. 1197 — creates 2 criminal offences.
- Made
- 3 May 1993
- In force from
- 5 May 1993
- Extent
- Not stated
- Subject
- Health and safety, environment, waste and fisheries
- Made under
- Fisheries Act 1981
Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Order) — published with the instrument by the department that made it. © Crown copyright, reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
This Order, which replaces and revokes the Third Country Fishing (Enforcement) Order 1991, makes breaches of specified articles of the Community Regulations set out in column 1 of the Schedule to the Order offences for the purposes of United Kingdom law where they occur within British fishery limits. The Community Regulations authorise fishing in certain specified areas within member States' fishery limits for specified descriptions of fish by vessels of third countries, namely, Norway, Sweden, and the Faroe Islands. The offences arise out of breaches of the provisions of the Community Regulations concerning methods of fishing, the holding of licences and observance of the conditions thereof, the keeping of log books, the making of radio reports and similar matters; all are triable summarily or on indictment. On summary conviction, the master of an offending vessel will be liable to a fine not exceeding the amount specified in relation to the offence in column 4 of the Schedule to the Order and, on conviction on indictment, to a fine (article 2). The Order confers powers of enforcement on British sea-fishery officers (article 4). Provision is made for the punishment of anyone found guilty of obstructing or assaulting an officer (article 5).
Offences created by this instrument
- If there is, in respect of any fishing boat to which a relevant Community provision applies, a contravention of, or… article 2 · Revoked · Strict liability
- Obstruction of officers article 5 · Revoked · Requires proof of a state of mind
What Parliament said about it
Contributions, debates and written statements mentioning this instrument by name. Parliamentary material is reused under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0.
- Sea Fisheries
Commons · Commons Chamber · 13 July 1993
That the Third Country Fishing (Enforcement) Order 1993 (S.I., 1993, No. 1197) be referred to a Standing Committee on Statutory Instruments, &c.
How Parliament handled it
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- This instrument on legislation.gov.uk The authoritative text, including amendments made since
- Other instruments from 1993