The Sea Fishing (Enforcement of Community Control Measures) Order 1994

Interpretation

2.—(1) In this Order—

“British fishing boat” means a fishing boat which is registered in the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man or any of the Channel Islands;

“fishing boat” includes a receiving vessel and a third vessel, within the meaning in each case of Regulation 2241/87 or Regulation 2847/93;

“foreign fishing boat” means a fishing boat which is not a British fishing boat;

“Regulation 2807/83” means Commission Regulation (EEC) No. 2807/83 laying down detailed rules for recording information on member States' catches of fish(1);

“Regulation 1382/87” means Commission Regulation (EEC) No. 1382/87 establishing detailed rules concerning the inspection of fishing vessels(2);

“Regulation 2241/87” means Council Regulation (EEC) No. 2241/87 establishing certain control measures for fishing activities(3);

“Regulation 2847/93” means Council Regulation (EEC) No. 2847/93 establishing a control system applicable to the common fisheries policy(4);

“transporter” means the owner and the hirer of, and the person responsible for, the vehicle used to transport fisheries products.

(2) In this Order any reference to a logbook, declaration or document includes, in addition to a logbook, declaration or document in writing—

(a)any map, plan, graph or drawing,

(b)any photograph,

(c)any disk, tape, sound track or other device in which sounds or other data (not being visual aids) are recorded so as to be capable (with or without the aid of some other equipment) of being reproduced therefrom, and

(d)any film (including microfilm), negative, tape, disk or other device in which one or more visual images are recorded so as to be capable (as aforesaid) of being reproduced therefrom.