Section 3 Decommissioning grants

(1)

Any person who owns a registered vessel—

(a)

which is over 10 metres in length,

(b)

in respect of which there is a licence which authorises fishing in all or any part of the Community waters,

(c)

which whilst registered as a United Kingdom vessel has, during each of the calendar years 1994 and 1995, spent at least the appropriate number of days at sea on fishing trips,

(d)

which is at least 10 years old at the date of the application, and

(e)

which, in the case of a vessel over 12 metres in registered length had, on the date of application, either a valid vessel certificate under the provisions of the Fishing Vessels (Safety Provisions) Rules 1975^f1 or a letter confirming the completion of a satisfactory survey issued by the Secretary of State for Transport,

may make an application to the Ministers in respect of that vessel.

(2)

The Ministers shall publish a notice specifying the appropriate number of days in such manner as they consider appropriate.

(3)

Notwithstanding sub-paragraph (1) above, the Ministers may reject an application in respect of a vessel which in their opinion is not fit for undertaking fishing trips.

(4)

Notwithstanding sub-paragraph (1) above, no person may make an application in respect of any fishing vessel in respect of which an application was approved by the Ministers under the Fishing Vessels (Decommissioning) Scheme 1995^f2 but which was not decommissioned in accordance with that scheme.

(5)

In this paragraph—

“the appropriate number of days” means such number of days as the Ministers may from time to time determine;
“licence” means one or more licences granted in respect of a vessel under section 4 of the Sea Fish (Conservation) Act 1967^f3.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: S.I. 1975/330, amended by S.I. 1975/471, 1976/432, 1977/313, 498, 1978/1598, 1873, 1981/567, 1991/1342 and by the Fisheries Act 1981, Schedule 3, paragraph 8(3).
f2: S.I. 1995/1610.
f3: 1967 c. 84; section 4 was amended by the Fishery Limits Act 1976 (c. 86), section 3, the Fisheries Act 1981 (c. 29), section 20 and the Sea Fish (Conservation) Act 1992 (c. 60), section 1.