{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sea-fishing-eu-recording-and-reporting-requirements-scotland-order-2010/article-15",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sea-fishing-eu-recording-and-reporting-requirements-scotland-order-2010/article-15.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2010/334",
  "legislation_title": "The Sea Fishing (EU Recording and Reporting Requirements) (Scotland) Order 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sea-fishing-eu-recording-and-reporting-requirements-scotland-order-2010",
  "path": "article/15",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "15",
  "heading": "Admissibility in evidence of logbooks and other documents",
  "text": "(1) Any—\n(a) logbook kept under Article 14 or sent under Article 15 of the Control Regulation;\n(b) declaration submitted under Article 23(3) or sent under Article 24 of the Control Regulation;\n(c) declaration submitted under Article 21(4) or sent under Article 22 of the Control Regulation;\n(d) sales note submitted under Article 62, or sent under Article 63, of the Control Regulation;\n(e) declaration submitted under Article 66, or sent under Article 67, of the Control Regulation;\n(f) document drawn up under Article 68 of the Control Regulation; or\n(g) document containing required information received by a fisheries monitoring centre established under Article 9(7) of the Control Regulation,\nis, in any proceedings for a relevant offence, to be received in evidence without being produced or sworn to by any witness and is, unless the contrary is shown, conclusive evidence as to the matters stated therein.\n(2) For the purpose of paragraph (1)(g), “required information” means data relating to—\n(a) a fishing boat's identification;\n(b) a fishing boat's course and speed;\n(c) the most recent geographical position of the fishing boat expressed in degrees and minutes of longitude and latitude; and\n(d) the date and time of the fixing of that position,\nas communicated via a satellite-based vessel monitoring system established under Article 9 of the Control Regulation.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in art. 15(1)(a) substituted (5.10.2015) by The Sea Fishing (EU Control Measures) (Scotland) Order 2015 (S.S.I. 2015/320), arts. 1(1), 28(10)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in art. 15(1)(b) substituted (5.10.2015) by The Sea Fishing (EU Control Measures) (Scotland) Order 2015 (S.S.I. 2015/320), arts. 1(1), 28(10)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in art. 15(1)(c) substituted (5.10.2015) by The Sea Fishing (EU Control Measures) (Scotland) Order 2015 (S.S.I. 2015/320), arts. 1(1), 28(10)(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Art. 15(1)(d)-(f) substituted (7.3.2011) by The Sea Fishing (EU Recording and Reporting Requirements) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2011 (S.S.I. 2011/59), arts. 1, 6"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2010/334/article/15",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:53:56.025636+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."
}