# The Sea Fishing (Restriction on Days at Sea) Order 2004, Article 3: Establishment of management periods

Extent: E+W+S+NI

(1) Management periods for an English fishing boat, as referred to in point 6(b) of Annex V, shall be determined and notified by the person in charge of the boat, as follows:
(a) the base unit for determination of management periods shall be one month;
(b) each management period may be determined in multiples of the base unit from 1 to 11 months;
(c) the determination of each management period must be notified to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs at the same time as any grouping of regulated gear for the boat for the period;
and they are established by that determination and notification unless point 12 of Annex V applies to the boat, in which case they are established by confirmation of that determination and notification by the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs taking that point into account.
(2) The person in charge of a British fishing boat which, at any time during the Annex V year, is absent from port in the cod recovery zone carrying regulated gear for which a management period has not been established as provided in paragraph (1), or any equivalent provision, is guilty of an offence.
(3) For the purposes of this article—
(a) a notification given to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (whether after or in anticipation of the coming into force of this Order) covering a management period including February 2004 and any grouping of gears for the period shall be treated as meeting the requirement of paragraph (1)(c) but with the management period counting as beginning immediately on the date this Order comes into force and ending as notified; and
(b) the second February stage counts as one month and shall accordingly be treated as a single base unit.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/398/article/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/sea-fishing-restriction-on-days-at-sea-order-2004/article-3
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