Section 239 Marine enforcement officers as British sea-fishery officersI1

(1)

Section 7 of the Sea Fisheries Act 1968 (c. 77) (sea-fishery officers) is amended as follows.

(2)

In subsection (1)—

(a)

after paragraph (c) insert—

“(ca)
persons appointed as marine enforcement officers under section 235 of the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009;”;

(b)

in paragraph (d), omit “of the Secretary of State or”.

(3)

After subsection (1) insert—

“(1A)
A person falling within paragraph (b), (c) or (ca) of subsection (1) above may not exercise the powers or perform the duties of a British sea-fishery officer in any case where the person may, in the person's capacity as a marine enforcement officer, exercise the common enforcement powers conferred by the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (see Chapter 1 of Part 8 of that Act).”

(4)

In subsection (5) (definition of “the appropriate Minister”), omit paragraph (a).

Annotations

Commencement

I1: S. 239 in force at 12.1.2010 by S.I. 2009/3345, art. 2, Sch. para. 18

Notes on Part 8

Modifications

C1: Pt. 8: power to apply (with modifications) conferred (12.2.2026) by Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Act 2026 (c. 6), ss. 14(4)(g), 32(1) (with s. 30)