An Act to extend the British fishery limits and amend the definition of “sea-fishing” in the Sea Fisheries Act 1883.
[31st July 1964]
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Act extended by S.I. 1972/971, Sch. 1
Commencement Information
I1Act wholly in force at 30.9.1964 see s. 5(2) and S.I. 1964/1553.
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(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F2
(3)(4). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F3
Textual Amendments
F1Ss. 1(1), 3(1) repealed by Fishery Limits Act 1976 (c. 86), s. 10(2)(a), Sch. 4
F2S. 1(2), 2, 3(5) repealed by Sea Fisheries Act 1968 (c. 77), Sch. 2 Pt. II
F3S. 1(3)(4) repealed by Fishery Limits Act 1976 (c. 86), Sch. 4
Textual Amendments
F4S. 1(2), 2, 3(5) repealed by Sea Fisheries Act 1968 (c. 77), Sch. 2 Pt. II
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(3)The enactments mentioned in Schedule 1 to this Act shall have effect subject to the amendments specified in that Schedule, being amendments consequential on the extension of the fishery limits of the British Islands.
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Textual Amendments
F5Ss. 1(1), 3(1) repealed by Fishery Limits Act 1976 (c. 86), s. 10(2)(a), Sch. 4
F6S. 3(2) repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1978 (c. 45), Sch. 1 Pt. X
F7S. 3(4), Sch. 2 repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1974 (c. 22), Sch. Pt. XI
F8S. 1(2), 2, 3(5) repealed by Sea Fisheries Act 1968 (c. 77), Sch. 2 Pt. II
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C2The text of S. 3, Sch. 1 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and, except where specified, does not represent any amendments or repeals made prior to 1.2.1991
(1)This Act extends to Northern Ireland
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Textual Amendments
(1)This Act may be cited as the Fishery Limits Act 1964.
(2)This Act shall come into operation on such day as the Ministers may by order made by statutory instrument appoint.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C330.9.1964 appointed under s. 5(2) by S.I. 1964/1553, art. 1
C4 “The Ministers” means the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Secretaries of State concerned with sea-fishing in Scotland and Northern Ireland respectively
Section 3.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C5The text of S. 3, Sch. 1 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and, except where specified, does not represent any amendments or repeals made prior to 1.2.1991
[F10In section 2, in the definition of “the coasts of Scotland” for the words “within the distance of three miles from the mainland or adjacent islands” there shall be substituted the words “surrounding Scotland which are within the fishery limits of the British Islands”.]
Textual Amendments
F10Entries repealed (S.) by the Inshore Fishing (Scotland) Act 1984 (c. 26, SIF 52:1), s. 10(2), Sch. 2
[F11In section 2, for the words from “within the territorial waters” to “1878” there shall be substituted the words “within the fishery limits of the British Islands”.]
Textual Amendments
F11Entries repealed (S.) by the Inshore Fishing (Scotland) Act 1984 (c. 26, SIF 52:1), s. 10(2), Sch. 2
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Textual Amendments
F12Entry in Sch. 1 repealed (5.11.1993) by 1993 c. 50, s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt.II.
In section 3(4), for the words “within three miles of low-water on any part of the coast of Ireland” there shall be substituted the words “within such part of the fishery limits of the British Islands as is mentioned in section 4(2) of the Fishery Limits Act 1964”.
In section 17(1) for the definition “coastal waters” there should be substituted the following: ““coastal waters” means—
(a)in relation to the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man, so much of the waters adjoining those countries respectively as is within the fishery limits of the British Islands ; and
(b)in relation to any other country, so much of the waters adjoining that country as is within the distance to which provisions of the law of that country corresponding to the provisions of this Act extend.”
In section 4(a), for the words “up to the limit of territorial waters” there shall be substituted the words “in any waters adjacent to the United Kngdom which are within the fishery limits of the British Islands”.
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Textual Amendments
F13Entries repealed by the Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries Act 1965, s. 2(4), the Sea Fisheries Regulation Act 1966, s. 21, Sch. Pt. 1, the Fisheries Act (Northern Ireland) 1966, s. 211, Sch. 8, the Sea Fish (Conservation) Act 1967 s. 25(1), Sch., the Sea Fisheries Act 1968 s. 22(2), Sch. 2, Pt II, the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1974, the Fisheries Amendment (Northern Ireland) Order 1981, SI 1981/227, the Inshore Fishing (Scotland) Act 1984 (c. 26, SIF 52:1), s. 10(2), Sch. 2 and S.I. 1981/227 (N.I. 7), s. 10(4), Sch. 5
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Textual Amendments
F14S. 3(4), Sch. 2 repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1974 (c. 22), Sch. Pt. XI