# Fisheries Act 2020, Paragraph 14


(1) The Sea Fish Licensing (Time at Sea) (Principles) Order 1993 (S.I. 1993/1196) is amended as follows.
(2) Article 2 (interpretation) is amended in accordance with sub-paragraphs (3) and (4).
(3) In paragraph (1)—
(a) in the definition of “the Act”, for “Sea Fish (Conservation) Act 1967” substitute “ Fisheries Act 2020 ”;
(b) for the definition of “the appropriate Minister” substitute—
““the sea fish licensing authority” means—
(a) in relation to a Scottish fishing boat, the Scottish Ministers;
(b) in relation to a Welsh fishing boat, the Welsh Ministers;
(c) in relation to a Northern Ireland fishing boat, the Northern Ireland department;
(d) in relation to any other British fishing boat, the Marine Management Organisation;”;
(c) in the definition of “compulsory returns”, in both places, for “appropriate Minister” substitute “ sea fish licensing authority ”;
(d) in the definition of “licence”, for “section 4” substitute “ section 15 or 17 ”;
(e) in the definition of “principles”, for “section 20(5B) of” substitute “ paragraph 7(7) of Schedule 3 to ”;
(f) in the definition of “time at sea condition”, for “section 4(6)(c) of” substitute “ paragraph 1(2)(c) of Schedule 3 to ”;
(g) in the definition of “voluntary returns”, for “appropriate Minister” substitute “ sea fish licensing authority ”.
(4) In paragraph (2)(c), for “the Act” substitute “ the Sea Fish (Conservation) Act 1967 ”.
(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 ”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2020/22/schedule/4/paragraph/14 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/fisheries-act-2020/schedule-4/paragraph-14
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