# The Sea Fishing (EU Control Measures) (Scotland) Order 2015, Article 12: Prohibition on purchase of first sale fisheries products not landed by a licensed fishing boat


(1) It is an offence for any person to buy first sale fisheries products which were landed by a fishing boat other than a licensed fishing boat.
(2) In any proceedings for an offence under paragraph (1), it is a defence for a person to show that—
(a) that person did not know; and
(b) it was reasonable for that person not to suspect,
that the fisheries products had not been landed by a licensed fishing boat.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2015/320/article/12 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/sea-fishing-eu-control-measures-scotland-order-2015/article-12
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