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Article 8 Powers of British sea-fishery officers to seize fish and fishing gear

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Any British sea-fishery officer may seize—

(a)

any fish in respect of which he has reasonable grounds to suspect that an offence under article 3 of this Order founded on a contravention of, or failure to comply with, article 5 of Regulation 2241/87 or article 6, 8.1, 9 to 13, 17.2 or 21 of Regulation 2847/93 has been committed; and

(b)

any fish caught with a net in respect of which he has reasonable grounds to suspect that an offence under article 3 of this Order founded on a contravention of, or failure to comply with, article 20.1 of Regulation 2847/93 has been committed; and

(c)

any net or other fishing gear—

(i)

in respect of which he has reasonable grounds to suspect that an offence under article 3 of this Order founded on a contravention of, or failure to comply with, article 20.1 of Regulation 2847/93 has been committed, or

(ii)

which he has reasonable grounds to suspect has been used for catching any fish in respect of which any offence under article 3 of this Order founded on a contravention of, or failure to comply with, article 21 of Regulation 2847/ 93 has been committed.