{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sea-fishing-licences-and-notices-regulations-1994/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sea-fishing-licences-and-notices-regulations-1994/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1994/2813",
  "legislation_title": "The Sea Fishing (Licences and Notices) Regulations 1994",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sea-fishing-licences-and-notices-regulations-1994",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Communication of licences and notices",
  "text": "(1) A licence , other than a temporary foreign vessel licence, shall be granted to the owner or charterer of a fishing boat by communicating it to an appropriate recipient–\n(a) personally,\n(b) by sending it to him by post at his address or place of business,\n(c) by leaving it at his address or place of business or in the hands of any person there, or\n(d) subject to paragraph (6), transmitting it to the appropriate recipient by means of an electronic communication to an address which the appropriate recipient has specified in accordance with sub-paragraph (b) of that paragraph.\n(2) A notice shall be effected by communicating it to an appropriate recipient—\n(a) in any of the ways specified in paragraph (1);\n(b) by publishing it on a website, the address of which is indicated on the licence to which the notice relates; or\n(c) in accordance with paragraph (3).\n(2A) In paragraphs (1) and (2), “an appropriate recipient” means—\n(a) in relation to a licence or notice relating to a Welsh fishing boat—\n(i) the owner or charterer of the fishing boat, or\n(ii) a nominee of that owner or charterer;\n(b) in relation to a licence or notice relating to a foreign fishing boat, the owner or charterer of the fishing boat.\n(2B) A temporary foreign vessel licence shall be granted to the owner or charterer of a foreign fishing boat by communicating it to the relevant person by—\n(a) transmitting it to the relevant person by means of an electronic communication, and\n(b) subsequently publishing it on the website of the Welsh Ministers or of a person granting the licence on their behalf.\n(2C) In paragraph (2B), “the relevant person”, in relation to a foreign fishing boat, means—\n(a) if the fishing boat is registered in a member State, the European Commission;\n(b) if the fishing boat is registered in a country or territory that is not a member State, the authority in that country or territory that is responsible for the regulation of fishing boats.\n(3) A notice which varies, suspends or revokes–\n(a) all sea fishing licences,\n(b) all sea fishing licences authorising fishing for one or more specified descriptions of sea fish,\n(c) all sea fishing licences authorising fishing in one or more specified areas,\n(d) all sea fishing licences authorising fishing by a specified method or methods, or\n(e) all sea fishing licences authorising fishing by reference to a combination of two or more of the matters referred to in sub-paragraphs (b) to (d) hereof,\n... may be effected by publishing it in a newspaper.\n(4) A notice published in accordance with paragraph (3) hereof shall either–\n(a) provide that it applies to all sea fishing licences, or\n(b) specify those sea fishing licences to which it relates by reference to species, area or method or any combination thereof,\nbut shall not require to specify the name or port letters and number, or the name of any owner or charterer, of any fishing boat.\n(5) A notice, other than a notice published in accordance with paragraph (3), must—\n(a) specify the name, port letters and number of the fishing boat named in the licence to which the notice relates, or\n(b) in the case of a notice in respect of two or more licences, specify the name, port letters and number of the fishing boats named in the licences.\n(6) A licence, other than a temporary foreign vessel licence, or notice may be communicated to a person by means of an electronic communication only if the following conditions are met—\n(a) the use of the electronic communication results in the information contained in the licence or notice being available to the person in all material respects as it would appear in a licence or notice given in printed form, and\n(b) the person has specified an address for the purpose of receiving such communications.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Regulations revoked: (S.) (1.4.2011) by The Sea Fishing (Licences and Notices) (Scotland) Regulations 2011 (S.S.I. 2011/70), regs. 1(1), 7 (with reg. 8); (E.) (6.4.2012) by The Sea Fishing (Licences and Notices) (England) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/827), regs. 1(1), 7; and (N.I.) (8.8.2014) by The Sea Fishing (Licences and Notices) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014 (S.R. 2014/209), regs. 1(1), 7"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2(1) inserted (31.12.2020) by Fisheries Act 2020 (c. 22), s. 54(3)(b), Sch. 4 para. 15(3)(a)(i) (with s. 50, Sch. 4 para. 31)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by Fisheries Act 2020 (c. 22), s. 54(3)(b), Sch. 4 para. 15(3)(a)(ii) (with s. 50, Sch. 4 para. 31)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Reg. 2(1)(d) substituted (31.12.2020) by Fisheries Act 2020 (c. 22), s. 54(3)(b), Sch. 4 para. 15(3)(b) (with s. 50, Sch. 4 para. 31)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Reg. 2(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by Fisheries Act 2020 (c. 22), s. 54(3)(b), Sch. 4 para. 15(3)(c) (with s. 50, Sch. 4 para. 31)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Reg. 2(2A)-(2C) inserted (31.12.2020) by Fisheries Act 2020 (c. 22), s. 54(3)(b), Sch. 4 para. 15(3)(d) (with s. 50, Sch. 4 para. 31)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2(3) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of Fisheries Act 2020 (c. 22), s. 54(3)(b), Sch. 4 para. 15(3)(e) (with s. 50, Sch. 4 para. 31)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "Reg. 2(5)(6) inserted (31.12.2020) by Fisheries Act 2020 (c. 22), s. 54(3)(b), Sch. 4 para. 15(3)(f) (with s. 50, Sch. 4 para. 31)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 2 in force at 19.12.1994, see reg. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/2813/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:23:44.224737+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."
}