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Section 9(1).

SCHEDULE 2U.K. CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1The text of Sch. 1 para. 3, Sch. 2 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and, except as specified, does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991

Herring Fisheries (Scotland) Act 1860 (c. 92).U.K.

[F11U.K.In section 2 of the Herring Fisheries (Scotland) Act 1860 (definition of “the coasts of Scotland”) for the words “the fishery limits of the British Islands" substitute the words “British fishery limits".]

Herring Fisheries (Scotland) Act 1867 (c. 52)U.K.

2U.K.In section 11 of the Herring Fisheries (Scotland) Act 1867 (definition of “the coasts of Scotland”) for the words “the fishery limits of the British Islands" substitute the words “British fishery limits".

Sea Fisheries Act 1868 (c.45)U.K.

3U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F2

Sea Fisheries (Clam and Bait Beds) Act 1881 (c. 11)U.K.

[F34U.K.In section 2 of the Sea Fisheries (Clam and Bait Beds) Act 1881 (power to prohibit beam trawling where injurious to clam and bait beds) for the words “within the fishery limits of the British Islands" substitute the words “not more than six nautical miles from the baselines from which the breadth of the territorial sea is measured".]

Sea Fisheries Act 1883 (c. 22)U.K.

F45U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F4Sch. 2 para. 5 repealed (19.11.1998) by 1998 c. 43, s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. X Group 2

Sea Fisheries (Scotland) Amendment Act 1885 (c. 70)U.K.

[F56U.K.In section 4 of the Sea Fisheries (Scotland) Amendment Act 1885 (control of modes of fishing within defined areas) for the words “the fishery limits of the British Islands" substitute the words “British fishery limits".]

Fisheries Act 1891 (c. 37)U.K.

F67U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

Whale Fisheries (Scotland) Act 1907 (c. 41)U.K.

F78U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F7Sch. 2 para. 8 repealed (5.11.1993) by 1993 c. 50, s. 1(1), Sch. 1, Pt.II

Cran Measures Act 1908 (c. 17)U.K.

9U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F8

Whale Fisheries (Ireland) Act 1908 (c. 31)U.K.

10U.K.In section 3(4) of the Whale Fisheries (Ireland) Act 1908 (prohibition on whaling in coastal waters) for the words “such part of the fishery limits of the British Islands as is mentioned in section 4(2) of the Fishery Limits Act 1964" substitute the words “waters within British fishery limits which are adjacent to Northem Ireland and are not nearer to any point on the baselines from which the breadth of the territorial sea adjacent to Great Britain or the Isle of Man is measured than to any point on the corresponding Northern Irish baselines".

Whaling Industry (Regulation) Act 1934 (c. 49)U.K.

11U.K.In section 17(1) of the Whaling Industry (Regulation) Act 1934 (definition of “coastal waters”) for the words “the fishery limits of the British Islands" substitute the words “British fishery limits".

Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries (Protection) (Scotland) Act 1951 (c. 26)U.K.

F912U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Weights and Measures Act 1963 (c. 31)U.K.

F1013U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F10Sch. 2 para. 13 repealed (5.11.1993) by 1993 c. 50, s. 1(1), Sch. 1, Pt.II

Fisheries Act (Northern Ireland) 1966 (c. 17) (N.I.)U.K.

14U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F11

Sea Fisheries (Shellfish) Act 1967 (c. 83)U.K.

15U.K.In section 1(1) of the Sea Fisheries (Shellfish) Act 1967 (power to make orders as to fisheries for shellfish) for the words “so much of the exclusive fishery limits of the British Islands as is adjacent to Great Britain" substitute the words “waters adjacent to Great Britain to a distance of six nautical miles measured from the baselines from which the breadth of the territorial sea is measured".

Sea Fish (Conservation) Act 1967 (c. 84)U.K.

16(1)In sections . . . F12, 3(2). . . . F12 and 15(3) of the Sea Fish (Conservation) Act 1967, for the words “the fishery limits of the British Islands" substitute the words “British fishery limits".U.K.

(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F13

(3)In section 15(2) of that Act (powers of seizure of sea-fishery officers) for paragraphs (b) and (c) substitute the following paragraphs—

(b)any fish caught in contravention of a prohibition imposed by an order under section 4 or 5 of this Act, where the fish are on the fishing boat used in contravention of the prohibition or are in the ownership or custody, or under the control, of the owner, the master or the charterer (if any) of the fishing boat ;

(c)any net or other fishing gear used in contravention of a prohibition imposed by an order under the said section 4 or 5 ;

(4)In section 18 of that Act (enforcement of orders in relation to salmon and migratory trout) in subsection (1) for the words “section 4 of this Act, or any order under section 5 or 6 thereof" substitute the words “any order under section 4, 5 or 6 of this Act".

(5)In the said section 18 in subsection (2) for the words “the said section 4, or any order under the said section 5 or 6," substitute the words “any order under the said section 4, 5 or 6".

(6)Section 19(2) of that Act is repealed.

(7). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F13

Sea Fisheries Act 1968 (c. 77)U.K.

17(1)In sections 5(3), 8(1), . . . F14, (5) and (6), 9(1) and 10(2) and (3) of the Sea Fisheries Act 1968 for the words “the fishery limits of the British Islands" substitute the words “British fishery limits".U.K.

(2)The following provisions of that Act are repealed, that is to say,—

(a)section 6 ;

(b)in section 19(1). the definition of “outer belt”;

(c)section 19(2) ; and

(d)in paragraph 23 of Schedule 1, sub-paragraph (b).

Textual Amendments

Sea Fish Industry Act 1970 (c.11)U.K.

18U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F15

Water Act 1973 (c. 37)U.K.

[F1619U.K.In paragraph 4 of Schedule 2 to the Water Act 1973 (seaward boundary of water authority areas) for the words “in which Her Majesty’s subjects have the exclusive right of fishing" substitute the words “to a distance of six nautical miles measured from the baselines from which the breadth of the territorial sea is measured".]

Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries Act 1975 (c. 51)U.K.

20U.K.In section 5(1) of the Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries Act 1975 (prohibition on use of explosives, etc. to take or destroy fish) for the words “and within the exclusive fishery limits of the British Islands" substitute the words “to a distance of six nautical miles measured from the baselines from which the breadth of the territorial sea is measured".

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