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Fishery Limits Act 1964

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Section 3.

SCHEDULE 1Consequential Amendments

THE HERRING FISHERIES (SCOTLAND) ACT 1860

In 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 HERRING FISHERIES (SCOTLAND) ACT 1867

In section 11, 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 FISHERIES (DYNAMITE) ACT 1877

In section 3, for the words " within one marine league of the coast" 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 SEA FISHERIES (CLAM AND BAIT BEDS) ACT 1881

In 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 ".

THE SEA FISHERIES ACT 1883

The word "exclusive" shall be omitted in sections 4, 5, 18, 25 and 31.

In section 12, for the words " exclusive limits " there shall be substituted the words " fishery limits ".

THE SEA FISHERIES (SCOTLAND) AMENDMENT ACT 1885

In section 4 the word " exclusive " shall be omitted.

THE SEA FISHERIES REGULATION ACT 1888

In paragraph (a) of section 1(1) for the words from " within " to " fishing" there shall be substituted the words " within the national or territorial waters of the United Kingdom ".

THE STEAM TRAWLING (IRELAND) ACT 1889

In section 3, for the words from " within three miles " to " coast of Ireland" there shall be substituted the words " within the national or territorial waters of the United Kingdom adjacent to Northern Ireland ".

THE FISHERIES ACT 1891

In section 5 the word " exclusive " shall be omitted.

THE WHALE FISHERIES (SCOTLAND) ACT 1907

In section 3(4), for the words " within three miles of low-water mark of any part of the coast of Scotland " there shall be substituted the words " in any waters off the coast of Scotland which are within the fishery limits of the British Islands ".

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 SALMON AND FRESHWATER FISHERIES ACT 1923

In section 9(a) for the words from " territorial waters " to " Wales " there shall be substituted the words " waters adjoining the coast of England and Wales and within the fishery limits of the British Islands ".

THE SEA-FISHING INDUSTRY ACT 1933

In section 3 the following subsection shall be inserted after subsection (1):—

(1A)An order under this section may be so made as to extend to nets or other fishing gear carried in any waters adjacent to the United Kingdom and within the fishery limits of the British Islands by fishing boats registered in any country outside the United Kingdom or not registered in any country.

In section 4(5) and in section 4A for the words " within the limits of the territorial waters adjacent to the United Kingdom " there shall be substituted the words " in waters adjacent to the United Kingdom and within the fishery limits of the British Islands ".

THE WHALING INDUSTRY (REGULATION) ACT 1934

In section 17(1) for the definition of " coastal waters " there shall 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.

THE WHITE FISH AND HERRING INDUSTRIES ACT 1948

In section 2(5) for the words from " within the limits " to " adjacent to the United Kingdom " there shall be substituted the words " in any waters adjacent to the United Kingdom which are within the fishery limits of the British Islands ".

THE SALMON AND FRESHWATER FISHERIES (PROTECTION) (SCOTLAND) ACT 1951

In section 4(a), for the words " up to the limit of territorial waters " there shall be substituted the words " within the fishery limits of the British Islands ".

THE SEA FISH INDUSTRY ACT 1959

In section 7, in subsections (3) and (6), for the words from " within the limits " to " adjacent to the United Kingdom " there shall be substituted the words " in any waters adjacent to the United Kingdom which are within the fishery limits of the British Islands ".

THE SEA FISH INDUSTRY ACT 1962

In subsection (1) of section 10 and of section 11, there shall be substituted—

(a)in paragraph (a) for the words from " limits " to " Great Britain " the words " fishery limits of the British Islands " and

(b)in paragraph (b) for the words from " within " to the end of the paragraph, the words " in any waters adjacent to Great Britain and within those limits ".

In section 12(6)(b), for the words from " within " to " adjacent to the United Kingdom" there shall be substituted the words " in any waters adjacent to the United Kingdom and within the fishery limits of the British Islands ".

In section 16(1) the word " exclusive " shall be omitted.

In section 35(3) for the words from " within the limits " to " adjacent to Northern 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 ".

Section 3.

SCHEDULE 2Enactments Repealed

ChapterShort TitleExtent of Repeal
6 & 7 Vict. c. 79.The Sea Fisheries Act 1843.The whole Act.
31 & 32 Vict. c. 45.The Sea Fisheries Act 1868.Sections 3 and 4.
In section 5, the definition of " consular officer ".
Sections 6 to 21.
Section 59.
Section 61.
Section 63 from the beginning to " satisfaction of the court ".
Schedule 1.
46 & 47 Vict. c. 22.The Sea Fisheries Act 1883.In section 4, the word " exclusive ".
In section 5, the word " exclusive ".
In section 18, the word " exclusive ".
Section 24.
In section 25, the word " exclusive ", the words from " the North Sea" to "or within" and the words from " the Convention " to " or by ".
In section 28, the definition of " exclusive fishery limits of the British Islands", and in the definition of " sea-fishing " the words from " shall not" to " aforesaid ".
Section 30.
In section 31, the word " exclusive ".
Schedule 2.
48 & 49 Vict. c. 70.The Sea Fisheries (Scotland) Amendment Act 1885.In section 4, the word " exclusive ".
54 & 55 Vict. c. 37.The Fisheries Act 1891.In section 5, the word "exclusive ".
57 & 58 Vict. c. 60.The Merchant Shipping Act 1894.In section 374, the words from " either for an offence" to " 1868, or".
8 & 9 Eliz. 2. c. 7.The Sea Fish Industry Act 1959.Section 5(5).
In section 8, in paragraph (c) of subsection (1), the words from " for the words " to " United Kingdom ".
10 & 11 Eliz. 2. c. 31.The Sea Fish Industry Act 1962.In section 16(1) the word " exclusive."

Table of Statutes referred to in this Act

Short TitleSession and Chapter
Herring Fisheries (Scotland) Act 186023 & 24 Vict. c. 92.
Herring Fisheries (Scotland) Act 186730 & 31 Vict. c. 52.
Fisheries (Dynamite) Act 187740 & 41 Vict. c. 65.
Sea Fisheries (Clam and Bait Beds) Act 188144 & 45 Vict. c. 11.
Sea Fisheries Act 188346 & 47 Vict. c. 22.
Sea Fisheries (Scotland) Amendment Act 188548 & 49 Vict. c. 70.
Sea Fisheries Regulation Act 188851 & 52 Vict. c. 54.
Steam Trawling (Ireland) Act 188952 & 53 Vict. c. 74.
Fisheries Act 189154 & 55 Vict. c. 37.
Merchant Shipping Act 189457 & 58 Vict. c. 60.
Whale Fisheries (Scotland) Act 19077 Edw. 7. c. 41.
Whale Fisheries (Ireland) Act 19088 Edw. 7. c. 31.
Government of Ireland Act 192010 & 11 Geo. 5. c. 67.
Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries Act 192313 & 14 Geo. 5. c. 16.
Sea-Fishing Industry Act 193323 & 24 Geo. 5. c. 45.
Whaling Industry (Regulation) Act 193424 & 25 Geo. 5. c. 49.
White Fish and Herring Industries Act 194811 & 12 Geo. 6. c. 51.
Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries (Protection) (Scotland) Act 195114 & 15 Geo. 6. c. 26.
Sea Fish Industry Act 19598 & 9 Eliz. 2. c. 7.
Sea Fish Industry Act 196210 & 11 Eliz. 2. c. 31.

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