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(1) Subject to the next following subsection no fish landed in a fish marketing zone shall, in the first instance, be offered for sale or sold except in a market designated by the Minister as the wholesale fish market for that zone (hereinafter referred to as a "wholesale market").

(2) The Minister may grant an exemption from the preceding subsection as respects-

(a) any fish landed as aforesaid for the purpose of being despatched to a cannery or other fish processing factory; or

(b) any fish which is landed as aforesaid having been frozen and packed on board the fishing vessel, and which is to be despatched to a cold store outside the zone for distribution.

(3) Any exemption granted by the Minister under the last preceding subsection shall be in writing and may be, either absolute or subject to such conditions as the Minister thinks fit, including a condition requiring the person to whom the exemption is granted to pay to any person specified in the exemption a fee or other charge. Any such fee or other charge shall be recoverable as a civil debt.

(4) Any designation made by the Minister under subsection (1) of this section shall be published in the Gazette and shall be given such other publicity in the fish marketing zone concerned as the Minister may direct.

(5) Any person who-

(a) offers for sale or sells any fish in contravention of this section; or

(b) contravenes any condition attached to an exemption granted under this section (other than a condition requiring the payment of a fee or other charge),

shall be guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding two hundred pounds or to a term of imprisonment not exceeding six months or to both.