Undersized Lobsters (Scotland) Order 2000 (S.S.I. No. 197 of 2000).

This Order prescribes a minimum size for the landing of lobsters (Homarus gammarus) (art. 3(1)). There is an exemption from the minimum landing size for the landing of lobsters from foreign fishing boats (art. 3(2)). The Order also prescribes a minimum size for the sale of lobsters (art. 4(1)) and for the carriage of lobsters on a Scottish fishing boat anywhere, or relevant British fishing boat in the Scottish zone (art. 5). There is an exemption from the minimum sale size for lobsters which are landed from foreign fishing boats (art. 4(2)). The Order also gives British sea-fishery officers further enforcement powers in relation to all Scottish fishing boats (wherever they may be) and relevant British fishing boats within the Scottish zone, but it does so only as a matter of Scots law (article 6). Offences and penalties are prescribed respectively by section 1(7) and (8) and section 11 of the 1967 Act.