Sea Fish Industry Act 1938

19 Registration under co-operative schemes

(1) A co-operative scheme shall be of no effect unless provision is made by the scheme whereby any person of the class whose interests are, by virtue of the scheme, to be represented by the authorised body is entitled, on application made by him in that behalf, to be registered under the scheme; and the scheme may provide that, on and after such date as may be specified in the scheme, no such person shall carry on business as a home producer of white fish in the area to which the scheme is applicable, unless he is either registered under the scheme or, by virtue of the provisions of the scheme, exempt from registration thereunder.

(2) If any person carries on business in contravention of any provisions of a co-operative scheme which have effect by virtue of the preceding subsection, he shall be guilty of an offence, and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding one hundred pounds, and to a further fine not exceeding twenty pounds for every day on which the offence continues after conviction therefor.

(3) If and so long as any person is registered under a co-operative scheme,—

(a) he shall be exempt from any obligation to be registered in the Commission's register, or under a producers' marketing scheme, as carrying on the business of a home producer of white fish, and

(b) it shall be the duty of the Commission and of the board administering any producers' marketing scheme to secure that he is not so registered as aforesaid.