{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sea-fishing-enforcement-of-community-quota-measures-order-1996/article-12",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1996/247",
  "legislation_title": "The Sea Fishing (Enforcement of Community Quota Measures) Order 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sea-fishing-enforcement-of-community-quota-measures-order-1996",
  "path": "article/12",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": "Admissibility in evidence of logbooks and other documents",
  "text": "Any document kept or held on board under Article 5 of Council Regulation (EEC) No. 2241/87 establishing certain control measures for fishing activities as amended or Article 6 or 17.2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No. 2847/93 establishing a control system applicable to the common fisheries policy as amended, any declaration submitted under Article 8.1, 12 or 17.2 of Council Regulation 2847/93 and any document drawn up under Article 9 or 13 of Council Regulation 2847/93 shall, in any proceedings for an offence under this Order—\n(a) in England, Wales or Northern Ireland, be evidence of the matters stated therein; and\n(b) in Scotland, be received in evidence without being produced or sworn to by any witness and shall be sufficient evidence of the matters stated therein.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ No. L207, 29.7.87, p.1."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "See Council Regulation (EC) No. 3483/88 (OJ No. L306, 11.11.88, p.2)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "OJ No. L261, 20.10.93, p.1."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "See Council Regulation (EC) No. 2870/95 (OJ No. L301, 14.12.95, p.1)."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/247/article/12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:53:04.064448+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."
}