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Article 6 Use of regulated gear

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(1)

A person in charge of a relevant fishing boat which fishes in contravention of the notification requirement in the first sub paragraph of paragraph 7 of Annex V is guilty of an offence.

(2)

A person in charge of a relevant fishing boat which carries or uses, whilst present in the cod recovery zone, regulated gear other than the regulated gear notified under the requirement in paragraph 7 of Annex V is guilty of an offence.

(3)

The competent authority for the purpose of the second indent of the third sub-paragraph of paragraph 7 of Annex V is the Scottish Ministers.

(4)

A relevant fishing boat which is present in the cod recovery zone shall only carry on board gear falling within one of the groupings of fishing gears specified in paragraph 4 of Annex V.

(5)

A person in charge of a relevant fishing boat which contravenes the prohibition in paragraph (4) is guilty of an offence.