15 Supplementary provisions as respects fishing vessels
Merchant Shipping Act 1995 (1995 c 21) | Legislation

15  Supplementary provisions as respects fishing vessels

(1)     Subject to subsection (2) below, if a fishing vessel which—

(a)     is either—

(i)     entitled to be registered, or

(ii)     wholly owned by persons qualified to be owners of British ships, but

(b)     is registered neither under this Act in the part of the register relating to fishing vessels nor under the law of any country outside the United Kingdom,

fishes for profit the vessel shall be liable to forfeiture and the skipper, the owner and the charterer of the vessel shall each be guilty of an offence.

(2)     Subsection (1) above does not apply to fishing vessels of such classes or descriptions or in such circumstances

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