Article 14 Admissibility in evidence of logbooks and other documents

Any document kept or held on board under Article 5 of Council Regulation (EEC) No. 2241/87 establishing certain control measures for fishing activities^f1 or Article 6 or 17.2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No. 2847/93 establishing a control system applicable to the common fisheries policy^f2, any declaration submitted under Article 8.1, 12 or 17.2 of Council Regulation 2847/93 and any document drawn up under Article 9 or 13 of Council Regulation 2847/93 shall, in any proceedings for an offence under this Order–

(a)

in England, Wales or Northern Ireland, be evidence of the matters stated therein; and

(b)

in Scotland, be received in evidence without being produced or sworn to by any witness and shall be sufficient evidence of the matters stated therein.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: OJ No. L207, 29.7.87, p. 1.
f2: OJ No. L261, 20.10.93, p. 1, to which there are amendments not relevant to this Order. Article 39 of the Regulation repealed Council Regulation (EEC) 2241/87 with the exception of Article 5.