{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fisheries-act-2020/section-32",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fisheries-act-2020/section-32.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2020/22",
  "legislation_title": "Fisheries Act 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fisheries-act-2020",
  "path": "section/32",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "32",
  "heading": "Discard prevention charging schemes: supplementary provision",
  "text": "(1) A charging scheme may provide that, where the holder of an English sea fishing licence is liable to pay a charge, the master of a fishing boat that catches the fish in respect of which the charge is due is liable for the payment jointly and severally with the licence holder.\n(2) A charging scheme may provide that a payment due to be paid to a person under the scheme is recoverable by that person as a debt.\n(3) A charging scheme may make provision about the application of payments received under the scheme, including provision—\n(a) permitting or requiring charge collectors to pay such receipts to the Secretary of State;\n(b) permitting or requiring charge collectors to use such receipts to cover expenditure incurred by them in carrying out their functions under the scheme;\n(c) permitting or requiring charge collectors or the Secretary of State to use such receipts for such charitable or conservation purposes as may be specified in the scheme.\n(4) A charging scheme may—\n(a) confer functions on the Secretary of State, including functions involving the exercise of a discretion;\n(b) provide for the Secretary of State to appoint a person to exercise any of the Secretary of State's functions under the scheme.\n(5) In this section “conservation purpose” has the meaning given by section 36(2).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2020/22/section/32",
    "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."
}