Sea Fish Industry Act 1938

56 Extension of powers of local fisheries committees

(1) A local fisheries committee shall have the following further powers, that is to say—

(a) the committee may, with the approval of the Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries and subject to such conditions as he may impose, undertake, or cause to be undertaken, the destruction of predatory fish, predatory marine animals, predatory birds and eggs of predatory birds, if and so far as such destruction appears to the committee to be desirable for the preservation and improvement of the fisheries within their district, and is not illegal under any Act other than this Act;

(b) the committee may contribute to the payment of the cost of executing works for the maintenance or improvement of any small harbour situate wholly or in part within the district of the committee, being a harbour as to which the Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries is satisfied that it is principally used by persons engaged in the sea-fishing industry; and

(c) if the committee or any of its officers is authorised in that behalf under subsection (4) of section seven of the [12 & 13 Geo. 5. c. 39.] Oil in Navigable Waters Act, 1922, the committee may institute proceedings for any offence under that Act committed within the district of the committee.

(2) In this section the expressions " harbour " and " works " have the meanings respectively assigned to them by paragraph (4) of section two of the [5 & 6 Geo. 5. c. 48.] Fishery Harbours Act, 1915.