{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sea-fishing-eu-control-measures-scotland-order-2015/article-8",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2015/320",
  "legislation_title": "The Sea Fishing (EU Control Measures) (Scotland) Order 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sea-fishing-eu-control-measures-scotland-order-2015",
  "path": "article/8",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Registration of sellers of fisheries products",
  "text": "(1) A registered seller of fisheries products is authorised for the purposes of Chapter II of Title V of the Control Regulation (control of marketing: post-landing activities), so far as that seller sells first sale fisheries products by way of competitive bidding at a registered auction.\n(2) Any person may apply to the Scottish Ministers to be registered as a registered seller of fisheries products.\n(3) Such an application must be in writing and must also—\n(a) be made in such form and manner;\n(b) include such information and undertakings; and\n(c) be delivered to such address,\nas the Scottish Ministers may specify in a notice or from time to time require.\n(4) Having considered the application, the Scottish Ministers may—\n(a) register the applicant unconditionally;\n(b) register the applicant subject to such conditions as they consider appropriate; or\n(c) refuse the application.\n(5) The Scottish Ministers must notify the applicant in writing—\n(a) whether or not the application has been approved; and\n(b) where the application has been approved—\n(i) of any conditions that may be attached to the registration under paragraph (4)(b); and\n(ii) of the registration number allocated to the applicant for the purposes of this Part.\n(6) The Scottish Ministers must publish the fact that a person is a registered seller of fisheries products in such manner as they see fit.\n(7) A registered seller of fisheries products commits an offence if that seller fails to comply with any—\n(a) condition to which the registration of that seller is subject; or\n(b) undertaking provided in the application for registration.\n(8) A person commits an offence if that person, in an application under this article—\n(a) makes a statement which is false or misleading in a material way, knowing the statement to be false or misleading;\n(b) makes a statement which is false or misleading in a material way, being reckless as to whether the statement is false or misleading; or\n(c) intentionally fails to disclose any material information.\n(9) The registration of a registered seller of fisheries products may be suspended where, in the view of the Scottish Ministers, the registered seller of fisheries products has not—\n(a) complied with a condition of registration; or\n(b) complied with any requirement of Article 62, 63, 64, 66 or 67 of the Control Regulation.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2015/320/article/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:27:48.994178+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."
}