Article 12 Landing of cod at a designated port
A person in charge of a relevant fishing boat which lands cod or a foreign fishing boat which lands cod within Scotland in contravention of paragraph 17 of Annex V as read with paragraph (3) of this article is guilty of an offence.
If cod is first landed in a designated port within the United Kingdom an appropriate sample of at least 20% of all landings of cod of 2 tonnes or more shall be weighed in the presence of a British sea-fishery officer prior to being offered for first sale, unless the following requirements are met–
the boat is party to an arrangement made among vessels using the ports with a person or organisation to act as its controller for the purposes of paragraph 20 of Annex V; and,
details of the arrangement, and the vessels which are party to it, have been notified to the Scottish Ministers.
A person in charge of a relevant fishing boat or foreign fishing boat who fails to comply with a requirement to weigh cod imposed in respect of that boat by a British sea fishery officer or a person or organisation acting as a controller for the purpose of paragraph 20 of Annex V is guilty of an offence.
For landings in the United Kingdom the ports, and where applicable the landing locations within them, designated for the purposes of paragraph 17 of Annex V are the ports specified in the Schedule to this Order.