Article 6 Use of regulated gear

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 IVa is guilty of an offence.

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 a requirement in paragraph 7 of Annex IVa is guilty of an offence.

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

A relevant fishing boat or a foreign fishing boat which is present in the cod recovery zone carrying on board regulated gear falling within one of the groupings of fishing gears specified in paragraph 4 of Annex IVa shall not simultaneously carry on board regulated gear falling within any of the other groupings of fishing gear specified in paragraph 4 of Annex IVa.

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