{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sea-fishing-enforcement-of-community-quota-measures-order-1992/article-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sea-fishing-enforcement-of-community-quota-measures-order-1992/article-4.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1992/190",
  "legislation_title": "The Sea Fishing (Enforcement of Community Quota Measures) Order 1992",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sea-fishing-enforcement-of-community-quota-measures-order-1992",
  "path": "article/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Penalties",
  "text": "(1) A person guilty of an offence under article 3 of this Order shall be liable on summary conviction—\n(a) to a fine not exceeding the amount specified in column 3 of the Schedule to this Order in relation to the specified Community provision, the contravention of, or failure to comply with which, founded the offence; and (b) either—\n(i) to a fine not exceeding the value of any fish in respect of which the offence was committed; or\n(ii) to the forfeiture of any fish in respect of which the offence was committed; and\n(c) to the forfeiture of any net or other fishing gear which was used in the course of the commission of the offence.\n(2) A person guilty of an offence under article 3 of this Order shall be liable on conviction on indictment—\n(a) to a fine; and\n(b) to the forfeiture of any fish in respect of which the offence was committed; and\n(c) to the forfeiture of any net or other fishing gear which was used in the course of the commission of the offence.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1992/190/article/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T14:30:08.904516+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."
}