{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sea-fishing-enforcement-of-community-control-measures-order-1994/article-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sea-fishing-enforcement-of-community-control-measures-order-1994/article-8.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1994/451",
  "legislation_title": "The Sea Fishing (Enforcement of Community Control Measures) Order 1994",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sea-fishing-enforcement-of-community-control-measures-order-1994",
  "path": "article/8",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Powers of British sea-fishery officers to seize fish and fishing gear",
  "text": "Any British sea-fishery officer may seize—\n(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\n(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\n(c) any net or other fishing gear—\n(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\n(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.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/1996/2",
      "affecting_title": "The Sea Fishing (Enforcement of Community Control Measures) (Amendment) Order 1996"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/451/article/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:40:34.893811+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."
}