Section 2 Eligibility for decommissioning grants

The Secretary of State may award a decommissioning grant to the owner of a fishing vessel that meets the following criteria.

The vessel must be at least 10 metres in length.

It must be at least 10 years old.

It must be registered as a fishing vessel in the United Kingdom in the register maintained under section 8 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995^f1.

It must be currently licensed under section 4(5) of the Sea Fish (Conservation) Act 1967^f2 and the Sea Fish Licensing Order 1992^f3 and the licence must show that it is administered at an English port.

It must have fished for at least 75 days in each of the two periods of 12 months immediately preceding the date of application.

It must have been allocated days under the days at sea scheme under Annex IIC of Council Regulation (EC) No 51/2006^f4.