Section 3 Fishing logbook grantsI1

Scotland

(1)

Any person who owns a fishing boat which is—

(a)

of 12 metres length overall or more; and

(b)

is a Scottish-based fishing boat—

may make an application to the Scottish Ministers in respect of that fishing boat for a grant.

(2)

The amount of the grant—

(a)

must not exceed the cost of purchase or supply of relevant software; and

(b)

may be such lesser amount as determined by the Scottish Ministers.

(3)

For the purposes of this paragraph—

“port of administration” means the port from which the licence granted in respect of a fishing boat under section 4 of the Sea Fish (Conservation) Act 1967^f1 is issued;
“port of registration” means the port at which the fishing boat is registered in the register maintained under section 8 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995^f2; and
“Scottish-based fishing boat” means a fishing boat, the port of administration and port of registration of which are, at the date of the application relating to the fishing boat, a port in Scotland.

Annotations

f1: 1967 c.84 (“the 1967 Act”); section 4 was substituted by the Fishery Limits Act 1976 (c.86), section 3 and amended by the Fisheries Act 1981 (c.29), section 20; the Sea Fish (Conservation) Act 1992 (c.60), section 1 and the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c.23), section 4(6). It has effect in Scotland as modified by section 22A of the 1967 Act, as inserted by the Scotland Act 1998 (Consequential Modifications) (No. 2) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/1820), Schedule 2, paragraph 43(13).
f2: 1995 c.21.