# Merchant Shipping and Maritime Security Act 1997, Paragraph 3


In section 125 of the 1995 Act (prohibition on fishing vessel going to sea without appropriate certificate), in subsection (3) (which confers a power of detention), for “the fishing vessel may be detained” there is substituted “ the fishing vessel, if in United Kingdom waters, may be detained ”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1997/28/schedule/1/paragraph/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-and-maritime-security-act-1997/schedule-1/paragraph-3
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