# The Sea Fishing (Days in Port) Regulations 1991, Regulation 4: Management of days in port


(1) A vessel to which these Regulations apply shall remain in port for a period of 8 consecutive days in each calendar month (referred to in this regulation as “the relevant period”), commencing with 1st February 1991 and ending with 31st December 1991.
(2) No such period shall count for the purposes of paragraph (1) above unless it has been notified in accordance with paragraph (3) below, and, where paragraph (4) below applies, evidence is produced in accordance with that paragraph of compliance with paragraph (1) above.
(3) At least 12 hours prior notice in writing of the commencement of each relevant period and the name of the port in which the vessel is to remain shall be given by the master, owner or charterer of that vessel—
(a) in the case of a vessel which is to remain in a port where there is a British sea-fishery officer, to such an officer, or
(b) in the case of a vessel licensed by the Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland, to that Department, or
(c) in the case of a vessel not so licensed, to a British sea-fishery officer of the port from which the vessel’s licence was issued.
(4) Where the port in which the vessel is to remain is not in the United Kingdom the master, owner or charterer shall within 14 days of the expiry of the relevant period furnish in accordance with paragraph (3) above a statement signed and dated by the relevant authorities of that port containing the particulars specified in Schedule 2.
(5) Once a relevant period has been notified in accordance with paragraph (3) above and has commenced the vessel concerned shall remain in port until that period has expired or until notice has been given in accordance with that paragraph that that period is not to count for the purposes of this regulation.
(6) The relevant period shall start at the beginning of the first hour of the first day and shall end with the expiry of the last hour of the last day of the period.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1991/139/regulation/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/sea-fishing-days-in-port-regulations-1991/regulation-4
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