# The Sea Fishing (North-East Atlantic Control Measures) Order 2000, Article 21: Admissibility in evidence of logbooks and other documents


(1) Any—
(a) logbook kept under Article 6, 17.2 or 28c of Regulation 2847/93;
(b) declaration submitted under Article 8.1, 11, 12, 17.2 or 28f of Regulation 2847/93;
(c) document drawn up under Article 9 or 13 of Regulation 2847/93;
(d) document containing required information received by a fisheries monitoring centre established under Article 3.7 of Regulation 2847/93;
(e) document required to be kept in accordance with Article 5.2 of the Council Regulation;
(f) catch report submitted under Article 6.1 of the Council Regulation,
shall, in any proceedings for an offence, be received in evidence without being produced or sworn to by any witness and shall be sufficient evidence of the matters stated therein or appearing therefrom.
(2) For the purpose of paragraph (1), “required information” shall mean—
(a) a fishing boat’s identification;
(b) the most recent geographical position of the fishing boat expressed in degrees and minutes of longitude and latitude; and
(c) the date and time of the fixing of that position,
as communicated via a satellite-based vessel monitoring system established under Article 3.1 of Regulation 2847/93.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/1843/article/21 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/sea-fishing-north-east-atlantic-control-measures-order-2000/article-21
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