{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fisheries-act-2020/schedule-4/paragraph-14",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fisheries-act-2020/schedule-4/paragraph-14.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2020/22",
  "legislation_title": "Fisheries Act 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fisheries-act-2020",
  "path": "schedule/4/paragraph/14",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "14",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) The Sea Fish Licensing (Time at Sea) (Principles) Order 1993 (S.I. 1993/1196) is amended as follows.\n(2) Article 2 (interpretation) is amended in accordance with sub-paragraphs (3) and (4).\n(3) In paragraph (1)—\n(a) in the definition of “the Act”, for “Sea Fish (Conservation) Act 1967” substitute “ Fisheries Act 2020 ”;\n(b) for the definition of “the appropriate Minister” substitute—\n““the sea fish licensing authority” means—\n(a) in relation to a Scottish fishing boat, the Scottish Ministers;\n(b) in relation to a Welsh fishing boat, the Welsh Ministers;\n(c) in relation to a Northern Ireland fishing boat, the Northern Ireland department;\n(d) in relation to any other British fishing boat, the Marine Management Organisation;”;\n(c) in the definition of “compulsory returns”, in both places, for “appropriate Minister” substitute “ sea fish licensing authority ”;\n(d) in the definition of “licence”, for “section 4” substitute “ section 15 or 17 ”;\n(e) in the definition of “principles”, for “section 20(5B) of” substitute “ paragraph 7(7) of Schedule 3 to ”;\n(f) in the definition of “time at sea condition”, for “section 4(6)(c) of” substitute “ paragraph 1(2)(c) of Schedule 3 to ”;\n(g) in the definition of “voluntary returns”, for “appropriate Minister” substitute “ sea fish licensing authority ”.\n(4) In paragraph (2)(c), for “the Act” substitute “ the Sea Fish (Conservation) Act 1967 ”.\n(5) In Article 3 (principles), for “on which the time which vessels may spend at sea is to be arrived at for the purposes of” substitute “ that are to be applied by the sea fish licensing authority in exercising its functions in relation to ”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2020/22/schedule/4/paragraph/14",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:00:19.398570+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."
}