The Fishing Boats (Satellite-Tracking Devices and Electronic Reporting) (England) (Amendment) Scheme 2014

Made: 18th December 2014

Laid before Parliament: 6th January 2015

Coming into force in accordance with article 1

The Secretary of State, in whom the powers conferred by section 15(1) and (2) of the Fisheries Act 1981[^f00001] are now vested[^f00002], makes this Scheme in exercise of those powers and with the approval of the Treasury.

Citation and commencement

1

This Scheme may be cited as the Fishing Boats (Satellite-Tracking Devices and Electronic Reporting) (England) (Amendment) Scheme 2014 and comes into force on the day after the day on which it is made.

Amendment of the Fishing Boats (Satellite-Tracking Devices and Electronic Reporting) (England) Scheme 2012

2

For paragraph 13(3)(b) of the Fishing Boats (Satellite-Tracking Devices and Electronic Reporting) (England) Scheme 2012[^f00003], substitute—

(b) if a payment has already been made under this Part in respect of the installation of approved software on the boat, unless the application relates to the updating of that software

Signed

George Eustice — Parliamentary Under Secretary of State — Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs — 2014-12-18

We consent

Mark Lancaster — Gavin Barwell — Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury — 2014-12-18

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Scheme)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Scheme amends the Fishing Boats (Satellite-Tracking Devices and Electronic Reporting) (England) Scheme 2012 (S.I. 2012/1375) (“the 2012 Scheme”). The effect of the amendment is to allow the Secretary of State to make payments in response to applications by the owners, charterers and masters of fishing boats (or their representatives) for funding for updates to software already installed on boats under the 2012 Scheme.

A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or public sectors is foreseen.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1981 c. 29. See section 18(1) for the definition of “the Ministers”. Sections 15(2) and 18(1) were amended by S.I. 1999/1820.

[^f00002]: The function of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food was transferred to the Secretary of State by article 2(2) of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Dissolution) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/794).

[^f00003]: S.I. 2012/1375, which applies in England and in relation to English fishing boats.

Editorial notes

[^key-369136ac5d5e9de6841f687ca2803798]: Scheme modified (23.11.2020) by Fisheries Act 2020 (c. 22), Sch. 6 para. 5(1)(b)(4) (with s. 50, Sch. 4 para. 31)