# The Sea Fish Industry (Coronavirus) (Fixed Costs) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021, Paragraph 4: Meaning of eligible Northern Ireland fishing boat


(1) An eligible Northern Ireland fishing boat is a Northern Ireland fishing boat within the meaning of article 2(2) of the Sea Fisheries (Northern Ireland) Order 2002 which—
(a) is owned or chartered by an eligible person;
(b) has a valid safety certificate issued by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency;
(c) at the date of the application is insured for the purposes of commercial sea fishing;
(d) has, during the period 1st November 2018 to 31st October 2020 (both dates inclusive), conducted more than 50% of its sea fishing activity using static fishing gear;
(e) has, during the period 1st November 2018 to 31st October 2020 (both dates inclusive), landed more than 50% of its value of declared sea fish landings into ports in the United Kingdom;
(f) has declared sea fish landings for the year 2019 which were valued at £10,000 or more;
(g) had a minimum of 12 declared sea fish landings during the period 1st June 2020 to 31st October 2020 (both dates inclusive); and
(h) is not the subject of an application for financial support under the Department’s Temporary Cessation of Fishing Scheme 2020.
(2) In this article, “declared sea fish landing” means a declaration made to the Department giving information about the quantities and weight of each species of sea fish landed by a fishing boat.
(3) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(f), the value of declared sea fish landings is the value of sea fish landed by a fishing boat calculated by the Department by reference to the average weekly market price per kilogramme at first sale for each species of sea fish at the date of landing.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2021/161/schedule/paragraph/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/sea-fish-industry-coronavirus-fixed-costs-regulations-northern-ireland-2021/schedule/paragraph-4
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