Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

"Iris Oifigiúil" of 4th March, 2011.

I, SEAN CONNICK, Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by sections 3 and 14 of the Sea-Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Act 2006 (No. 8 of 2006) and the Sea-Fisheries, Foreshore and Dumping at Sea (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2007 ( S.I. No. 707 of 2007 ) and the Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) Order 2010 ( S.I. No. 303 of 2010 ) (as adapted by the Agriculture and Food (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2007 ( S.I. No. 705 of 2007 )), for the purpose of giving full effect to Commission Regulation (EEC) No. 2807/83 of 22 September 19831 (as amended by Commission Regulation (EEC) No. 473/89 of 24 February 19892 , Commission Regulation (EEC) No. 2945/95 of 20 December 19953 , Commission Regulation (EC) No. 395/98 of 19 February 19984 , Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1488/98 of 13 July 19985 , Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2737/99 of 21 December 19996 , Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1965/2001 of 8 October 20017 , Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1804/2005 of 3 November 20058 and Commission Regulation (EC) No. 409/2009 of 18 May 20099 ), hereby make the following regulations:

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Sea-Fisheries (Recording of Fish) (Amendment) Regulations 2011.

2. The Sea-Fisheries (Recording of Fish) Regulations 2011 ( S.I. No. 8 of 2011 ) are amended by the insertion, after Regulation 3, of-

"3A A person required to maintain a logbook who fails to do so in accordance with Annex IV to the Commission Regulation contravenes this Regulation.".

3. The Sea-Fisheries (Recording of Fish) (No. 2) Regulations 2011 ( S.I. No. 37 of 2011 ) are amended by the insertion, after Regulation 3, of-

"3A A person required to maintain a logbook who fails to do so in accordance with Annex IV to the Commission Regulation contravenes this Regulation.".

GIVEN under my Hand,

15 February 2011.

SEAN CONNICK,

Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)

These Regulations, which relate to fisheries control systems and rules for the recording of fish catches, provide that a contravention of any provision of Commission Regulations is a contravention of the Sea-Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Act 2006 .

1 O.J. L 276 of 10.10.1983, 1.

2 O.J. L 53 of 25.2.1989, 34.

3 O.J. L 308 of 21.12.1995, 18.

4 O.J. L 50 of 20.2.1998, 17.

5 O.J. L 196 of 14.7.1998, 3.

6 O.J. L 328 of 22.12.1999, 54.

7 O.J. L 268 of 9.10.2001, 23.

8 O.J. L 290 of 4.11.2005, 10.

9 O.J. L 123 of 19.5.2009, 78.