S.I. No. 7/1982:

EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (CETACEAN PRODUCTS) (REGULATION OF IMPORT) REGULATIONS, 1982

EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (CETACEAN PRODUCTS) (REGULATION OF IMPORT) REGULATIONS, 1982

I, TOM FITZPATRICK, Minister for Fisheries and Forestry, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 3 of the European Communities Act, 1972 (No. 27 of 1972), for the purpose of giving effect to the Council Regulation No. (EEC) 348/81 of 20 January, 1981 ⁽¹⁾, hereby make the following Regulations:

⁽¹⁾O.J. No. L39/1, 12.2.1981.

1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Cetacean Products) (Regulation of Import) Regulations, 1982.

(2) These Regulations shall come into operation on the 1st day of February, 1982.

2. (1) Any person who, in contravention of Article 1 of Council Regulation No. (EEC) 348/81 of 20 January, 1981⁽¹⁾, without an import licence imports whalemeat or any other cetacean product listed in the Annex to that Regulation shall be guilty of an offence and shall, without prejudice to any penalty to which he may be liable under the Customs Acts, be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £500.

(2) Import licences referred to in paragraph (1) of this Regulation may be granted by the Minister for Fisheries and Forestry.

3. For the purposes of section 2 of the Customs Act, 1956 (No. 7 of 1956), the importation of the goods referred to in Regulation 2 of these Regulations shall be regarded as being restricted by these Regulations.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 13th day of January, 1982.

TOM FITZPATRICK,

Minister for Fisheries and Forestry.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

These Regulations make it an offence to contravene or fail to comply with the EEC Council Regulation No. 348/81 (O.J. No. L39/1, 12.2.81) which prohibits the importation, save under licence, of specified whale or other cetacean products from non-EEC countries.

The maximum fine for an offence, on summary conviction, is £500.