Sea-Fisheries (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2022

Amendment of section 28 of Act of 2006

10. Section 28 of the Act of 2006 is amended—

(a) in subsection (5), by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (b):

“(b) in the case of a conviction under any other provision mentioned in a Table, any fish and fishing gear found on the boat to which the offence relates or found in any other place to which they had been moved from the boat are, as a statutory consequence of the conviction, forfeited.”,

(b) in subsection (6)(b), by the deletion of “all or any of”,

(c) in column (2) of Table 1, opposite Reference Number 1(b), by the substitution of “a contravention relating to fishing gear or equipment” for “illegal nets or other equipment”,

(d) in column (2) of Table 1, opposite Reference Number 2, by the substitution of “10(4)” for “10(2)”, and

(e) in column (2) of Table 2, opposite Reference Number 1, by the substitution of “Section 4(13) (fishing without or in contravention of a sea-fishing boat licence).” for “Section 4(12) (fishing without or in contravention of sea-fishing boat licence).”.