Article 3 Offences

(1)

Where there is, in respect of–

(a)

any Scottish fishing boat wherever it may be;

(b)

any other fishing boat within the Scottish zone,

(c)

the entry into the Scottish zone by any fishing boat; or

(d)

any fishery products, premises or vehicle in Scotland,

a contravention of, or failure to comply with a Community control measure specified in Column 1 of the Schedule the persons specified in the appropriate entry in Column 5 of the Schedule shall each be guilty of an offence.

(2)

Any person who in purported compliance with Articles 6, 7, 8.1, 9.1, 9.2, 11, 12, 13 or 17.2, Articles 19b and 19c or Articles 19e, 20.2, 28.2a, 28c, 28e, or 28f of the Council Regulation, knowingly or recklessly furnishes information which is false in a material particular shall be guilty of an offence–

(a)

where the information is furnished in relation to a Scottish fishing boat, wherever the information is furnished; and

(b)

in any other case, where the information is furnished in Scotland or in the Scottish zone.