Fishery Limits Act 1964
1964 c.72
An Act to extend the British fishery limits and amend the definition of “sea-fishing” in the Sea Fisheries Act 1883.
Act extended by S.I. 1972/971, Sch. 1
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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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4 Provisions as to Northern Ireland.
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This Act extends to Northern Ireland
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5 Short title and commencement.
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This Act may be cited as the Fishery Limits Act 1964.
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This Act shall come into operation on such day as the Ministers may by order made by statutory instrument appoint.
C5SCHEDULE 1 CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS
The text of S. 3, Sch. 1 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and, except where specified, does not represent any amendments or repeals made prior to 1.2.1991
THE HERRING FISHERIES (SCOTLAND) ACT 1860
Entries repealed (S.) by the Inshore Fishing (Scotland) Act 1984 (c. 26, SIF 52:1), s. 10(2), Sch. 2
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”.
THE SEA FISHERIES (CLAM AND BAIT BEDS) ACT 1881
Entries repealed (S.) by the Inshore Fishing (Scotland) Act 1984 (c. 26, SIF 52:1), s. 10(2), Sch. 2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”.
Entry in Sch. 1 repealed (5.11.1993) by 1993 c. 50, s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt.II.
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THE WHALE FISHERIES (IRELAND) ACT 1908
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”.
THE WHALING INDUSTRY (REGULATION) ACT 1934
In section 17(1) for the definition “coastal waters” there should be substituted the following:
“coastal waters” means—
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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
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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.
THE SALMON AND FRESHWATER FISHERIES (PROTECTION) (SCOTLAND) ACT 1951
Entries 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
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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F14F14SCHEDULE 2
S. 3(4), Sch. 2 repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1974 (c. 22), Sch. Pt. XI
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Act wholly in force at 30.9.1964 see s. 5(2) and S.I. 1964/1553.