{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/common-fisheries-policy-and-aquaculture-amendment-etc-eu-exit-regulations-2019/regulation-8",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2019/753",
  "legislation_title": "The Common Fisheries Policy and Aquaculture (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/common-fisheries-policy-and-aquaculture-amendment-etc-eu-exit-regulations-2019",
  "path": "regulation/8",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Regulation (EU) 2016/1627 of the European Parliament and of the Council on a multiannual recovery plan for bluefin tuna in the eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean",
  "text": "(1) Regulation (EU) 2016/1627 of the European Parliament and of the Council on a multiannual recovery plan for bluefin tuna in the eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean is amended as follows.\n(2) In Article 1(1) for “Union” substitute “ United Kingdom ”.\n(3) In Article 3, in point (25) after “means” insert “ the United Kingdom, Member States and ”.\n(4) In Article 13, omit “, including any applicable derogations thereto”.\n(5) In Article 16—\n(a) in paragraph 1—\n(i) for “Each Member State shall” substitute “ A fisheries administration must ”, and\n(ii) for “Commission” substitute “ ICCAT ”;\n(b) in paragraph 4—\n(i) for the first sentence substitute “ The catching of any Bluefin tuna by United Kingdom fishing vessels and United Kingdom traps shall be avoided. ”,\n(ii) for “each Member State shall” substitute “ a fisheries administration must ”, and\n(iii) omit “the Commission who shall forward it to”; and\n(c) after paragraph 5 insert—\n“\n6 In this Article—\n(a) ‘United Kingdom fishing vessel’ means a fishing vessel which is registered in the United Kingdom under Part 2 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 ; and\n(b) ‘United Kingdom trap’ means a trap which is used by a United Kingdom fishing vessel.”.\n(6) In Article 19—\n(a) in paragraph 3 for “Each Member State shall” substitute “ A fisheries administration must ”;\n(b) in paragraph 5—\n(i) for “Each Member State shall” substitute “ A fisheries administration must ”,\n(ii) for “Commission” in the first place it occurs, substitute “ ICCAT Secretariat ”, and\n(iii) omit the final sentence.\n(7) In Article 27—\n(a) in paragraph 2—\n(i) for “each Member State shall” substitute “ a fisheries administration must ”,\n(ii) for “Commission” in the first place it occurs, substitute “ ICCAT Secretariat ”,\n(iii) for “flying the flag of or registered in that Member State” substitute “ that are used by vessels in its fleet ”, and\n(iv) omit the final sentence; and\n(b) after paragraph 2 insert—\n“\n3 For the purposes of this Article, a vessel is in the fleet of a fisheries administration if the vessel is registered in the United Kingdom under Part 2 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 and is—\n(a) in the case of the Secretary of State and the Marine Management Organisation, registered to a port in England;\n(b) in the case of Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs in Northern Ireland, registered to a port in Northern Ireland;\n(c) in the case of the Scottish Ministers, registered to a port in Scotland; or\n(d) in the case of the Welsh Ministers, registered to a port in Wales.”.\n(8) In Article 29—\n(a) in paragraph 2 for the words from “the information” to “shall include” substitute “ a fisheries administration must submit the following information to the ICCAT Secretariat by 15 March each year ”;\n(b) in paragraph 3—\n(i) for “Each Member State shall” substitute “ a fisheries administration must ”, and\n(ii) for “Commission” substitute “ ICCAT Secretariat ”; and\n(c) omit paragraph 4.\n(9) In Article 30—\n(a) in paragraph 1 for “Each Member State shall” substitute “ A fisheries administration must ”;\n(b) in paragraph 2 for “the port Member State shall” substitute “ a fisheries administration must ”;\n(c) in paragraph 3—\n(i) for “each Member State shall” substitute “ a fisheries administration must ”, and\n(ii) omit “the Commission which shall transmit that information to”; and\n(d) in paragraph 4—\n(i) for “CPCs and Member States” substitute “ a fisheries administration ”, and\n(ii) at the end insert “ or by CPCs other than the United Kingdom ”.\n(10) In Article 32—\n(a) in paragraph 3 for “The port Member State shall” substitute “ A fisheries administration, where the United Kingdom is the port country, must ”;\n(b) in paragraph 4 omit “Member State or”;\n(c) in paragraph 7 for “Member State authorities at the designated port” substitute “ authorities of a fisheries administration, where the designated port is in the United Kingdom, ”.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1995 c. 21."
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 8 in force at 31.12.2020 on IP completion day (in accordance with 2020 c.1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)), see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2019/753/regulation/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:42:27.846245+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}