Fishing Vessels (Amendment) Regulations, 2014 (L.N. 33 of 2014)

B 273 VERŻJONI ELETTRONIKA B 273 L.N. 33 of 2014 FISHERIES CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT ACT (CAP. 425) Fishing Vessels (Amendment) Regulations, 2014 BY VIRTUE of the powers granted by article 38 of the Fisheries Conservation and Management Act, the Minister for Sustainable Development, the Environment and Climate Change has made the following regulations: Citation. S.L. 425.07 1. The title of these regulations is Fishing Vessels (Amendment) Regulations, 2014 and these regulations shall be read and construed as one with the Fishing Vessels Regulations, hereinafter referred to as "the principal regulations". Amends regulation 3 of the principal regulations. 2. Regulation 3 of the principal regulations shall be amended as follows: (a) paragraph (a) thereof shall be substituted by the following: "(a) Vessels which from their very nature or from other factors lead the Director to believe that their primary and predominant use is for fishing may be registered by the Director in the Fishing Vessel Register and, once so registered so that they can be so used, shall have a licence according to the relevant provisions of the law: Provided that, without prejudice to regulation 9, the Director shall not register or renew any registration with respect to any vessel falling under category C described under regulation 8(b) if the same vessel is of a length of 12 metres or more, and with effect from the 1st January 2014 he shall also cancel all registrations under category C which are in force on the same date."; (b) paragraph (c) thereof shall be substituted by the following: "(c) The issued licence shall be kept on board of the fishing vessel at all times. Fishing vessels of any category may only be used for the purposes indicated in the licence: B 274 VERŻJONI ELETTRONIKA B 274 Provided that a fishing vessel may only be used for a secondary purpose if a request is made in writing and beforehand to the Director and this is approved in accordance with those conditions that the Director may prescribe, with the understanding that nothing herein provided shall hinder in any way the Director from suspending, revoking or changing said approval as he may deem fit."; and (c) paragraph (d) thereof shall be repealed. Amends Schedule II to the principal regulations. 3. The table in Schedule II to the principal regulations shall be amended in such manner so that the categories and length marked "C REC 12.00 - 14.99 Mt" and "C REC 15.00 - 29.99 Mt" in the first, second and third columns thereof shall read "Not Registered" in the fourth column thereof, and the words and figures "€104.82 annually" and "€151.41 annually" respectively in fifth column thereof shall be deleted. Ippubblikat mid-Dipartiment tal-Informazzjoni (doi.gov.mt) — Valletta — Published by the Department of Information (doi.gov.mt) — Valletta Mitbugħ fl-Istamperija tal-Gvern fuq karta riċiklata — Printed at the Government Printing Press on recycled paper Prezz/Price €0.18