{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sea-fishing-enforcement-of-community-control-measures-order-1993/article-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sea-fishing-enforcement-of-community-control-measures-order-1993/article-4.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1993/2016",
  "legislation_title": "The Sea Fishing (Enforcement of Community Control Measures) Order 1993",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sea-fishing-enforcement-of-community-control-measures-order-1993",
  "path": "article/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Penalties",
  "text": "(1) A person guilty of an offence under article 3(1) of this Order founded on a contravention of, or failure to comply with, a provision of the Council Regulation or the second Commission Regulation specified in column 1 of Schedule 1, as read with any qualifying words relating thereto in that Schedule, shall be liable—\n(a) on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding the amount specified in the appropriate entry in column 3 of that Schedule;\n(b) on conviction on indictment to a fine.\n(2) A person guilty of an offence under 3(1) of this Order founded on a contravention of, or failure to comply with, article 11(3), 11a(2), 11b(2) or 13 of the Council Regulation, as read with any qualifying words relating hereto in Schedule 1, shall also be liable—\n(a) to the forfeiture of any net or other fishing gear in respect of which the offence was committed, or which was used in committing the offence, or which was used for catching any fish in respect of which the offence was committed; and\n(b) to the forfeiture of any fish in respect of which the offence was committed, or to a fine not exceeding the value of any fish in respect of which the offence was committed.\n(3) A person guilty of an offence under article 3(2) of this Order shall be liable—\n(a) on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £50,000;\n(b) on conviction on indictment to a fine.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1993/2016/article/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:52:04.120361+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}