{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/third-country-fishing-enforcement-order-1997/article-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/third-country-fishing-enforcement-order-1997/article-4.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1997/931",
  "legislation_title": "The Third Country Fishing (Enforcement) Order 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/third-country-fishing-enforcement-order-1997",
  "path": "article/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Penalties",
  "text": "(1) A person guilty of an offence under article 3 of this Order founded on a contravention of, or failure to comply with, a relevant Community provision, shall be liable—\n(a) on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding the amount specified in the appropriate entry in column 4 of the Schedule to this Order; or\n(b) on conviction on indictment to a fine.\n(2) A person guilty of an offence under article 3 of this Order founded on a contravention of, or failure to comply with—\n(a) a relevant Community provision to which paragraph (3) below applies shall also be liable—\n(i) to the forfeiture of any net or other fishing gear in respect of which the offence was committed, or which was used in committing the offence, or which was used for catching any fish in respect of which the offence was committed; and\n(ii) to the forfeiture of any fish in respect of which the offence was committed, or, on summary conviction only, to a fine not exceeding the value of any fish in respect of which the offence was committed; or\n(b) a relevant Community provision to which paragraph (4) below applies shall also be liable to the forfeiture of any fish in respect of which the offence was committed, or, on summary conviction only, to a fine not exceeding the value of any fish in respect of which the offence was committed.\n(3) This paragraph applies to Articles 1, 2(1), 3(1) and 4 of the Council Regulation referred to in paragraph 1 of the Schedule to this Order and Articles 1, 2(1) and 3(1) of the Council Regulation referred to in paragraph 2 of the Schedule to this Order.\n(4) This paragraph applies to Article 2(2) of the Council Regulation referred to in paragraph 1 of the Schedule to this Order and Article 2(2) of the Council Regulation referred to in paragraph 2 of the Schedule to this Order.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/931/article/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:11:31.656207+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}