Sea-Fisheries (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2022

Amendment of European Union (Common Fisheries Policy) (Point System) Regulations 2020

14. Regulation 7 of the European Union (Common Fisheries Policy) (Point System) Regulations 2020 (S.I. No. 318 of 2020) is amended—

(a) by the insertion of the following paragraph after paragraph (2):

“(2A) Subject to paragraph (3), where a notification has been issued under paragraph (1) in respect of an Irish sea-fishing boat, the Authority shall assign the appropriate number of points to the holder of the Irish licence relating to the boat concerned for the serious infringement.”,

(b) in paragraph (3), by the substitution of “in accordance with paragraph (2A)” for “in accordance with paragraph (1)”, and

(c) in paragraph (4)(b)—

(i) in clause (i), by the substitution of “the points are to be assigned” for “the proposed points are to be assigned”, and

(ii) in clause (iv), by the substitution of “the number of points assigned” for “the number of points to be assigned”.