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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fishing-boats-satellite-tracking-devices-and-electronic-reporting-england-scheme-2012/section-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2012/1375",
  "legislation_title": "The Fishing Boats (Satellite-Tracking Devices and Electronic Reporting) (England) Scheme 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fishing-boats-satellite-tracking-devices-and-electronic-reporting-england-scheme-2012",
  "path": "section/2",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Scheme—\n“the Control Regulation” means Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 establishing a Community control system for ensuring compliance with the rules of the common fisheries policy , as last corrected by a corrigendum;\n“English fishing boat” means a fishing boat which—\n(a)is registered in the United Kingdom under Part II of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995, and\n(b)has its port of administration in England;\n“fishing boat” means a vessel equipped for commercial exploitation of living aquatic resources, which include sea fish;\n“the Implementing Regulation” means Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 404/2011 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 establishing a Community control system for ensuring compliance with the rules of the Common Fisheries Policy , as last amended by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1962;\n“LIBOR”, in relation to a day, means the sterling three month London interbank offered interest rate in force for that day, rounded if necessary to two decimal places;\n“master” includes the person for the time being in charge of a fishing boat;\n“port of administration”, in relation to a fishing boat, means the port from which the licence granted in respect of that boat under section 4 of the Sea Fish (Conservation) Act 1967 is issued.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+NI",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in para. 2 inserted (17.09.2018) by The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Miscellaneous Amendments and Revocations) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/942), reg. 52(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in para. 2 inserted (17.09.2018) by The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Miscellaneous Amendments and Revocations) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/942), reg. 52(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ No L 343, 22.12.2009, p.1."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1995 c.21."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "OJ No L 112, 30.4.2011, p.1, as corrected by the Corrigendum (OJ No L 328, 10.12.2011, p.58)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "1967 c.84. Section 4 was substituted by the Fishery Limits Act 1976 (c.86), section 3, and relevant amendments were made by the Fisheries Act 1981 (c.29), section 20, the Sea Fish (Conservation) Act 1992 (c.60), section 1, the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c.23), sections 4(6), 196(1) and 197, and by S.I. 1999/1820."
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/1375/section/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:30:32.753085+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."
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