# The Sea Fishing (Restriction on Days at Sea) (Scotland) Order 2005, Article 6: Use of regulated gear


(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 IVa 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 a requirement in paragraph 7 of Annex IVa 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 IVa is the Scottish Ministers.
(4) 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.
(5) 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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2005/90/article/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/sea-fishing-restriction-on-days-at-sea-scotland-order-2005/article-6
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