Commentary on provisions of Act Grants and charges Section 35: Sea Fish Industry Authority: fees for services provided for industry in EU
This section amends section 3(5) of the Fisheries Act 1981 to extend a requirement that the Sea Fish Industry Authority ("Seafish") must recover the full cost of any services it provides to persons in other countries. This is a technical correction which arises as a consequence of withdrawal from the EU.
	Seafish is required to recover the full costs of services it provides to those in other countries, but may not charge those from EU Member States more than those in the UK. This section will therefore enable Seafish to recover all its costs from persons in the EU, regardless of what it may charge those in the UK.