Sea Fish Industry Act 1938

62 Interpretation

(1) In this Act the following expressions have the meanings hereby respectively assigned to them, that is to say :—

• " fishing-boat " means (except for the purposes of Part IV of this Act) a vessel of whatever size, and in whatever way propelled, which is for the time being employed in sea-fishing or in the sea-fishing service;

• " local fisheries committee " means a local fisheries committee constituted by an order under section one of the Sea Fisheries Regulation Act, 1888;

• " production," in relation to white fish, means the catching and first landing of white fish;

• " the appropriate Minister " means—

  (a)

  in relation to a co-operative scheme applicable to an area wholly in England, the Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries;

  (b)

  in relation to a co-operative scheme applicable to an area wholly in Scotland, the Secretary of State concerned with the sea-fishing industry of Scotland, or

  (c)

  in relation to a co-operative scheme applicable to an area partly in England and partly in Scotland, the Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries and the Secretary of State concerned with the sea-fishing industry of Scotland;

• " the board, " in relation to a marketing scheme, means the board constituted to administer the scheme;

• " the Gazettes " means the London Gazette and the Edinburgh Gazette;

• " the Ministers " means the Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries and the Secretary of State concerned with the sea-fishing industry of Scotland;

• " white fish " means fish of any kind found in the sea, other than—

  (a)

  herring,

  (b)

  fish of the salmon species, or

  (c)

  trout which migrate to and from the sea,

  and includes shell-fish; and references to white fish shall be construed as including references to parts of white fish.

(2) Any reference in an Act passed before this Act to an enactment which is amended by this Act shall, unless the contrary intention appears, be construed as including a reference to that enactment as so amended.