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An Act for the Encouragement of the White Herring Fishery.
Whereas the carrying on and improvement of the British White Herring Fisheries are of great importance to these kingdoms, by increasing the trade and navigation thereof, and being a nursery for seamen, and otherwise a means of employing and providing for great numbers of industrious poor, provided that reasonable encouragement be given to such persons as are willing to carry on the said fisheries: Therefore, and for the better regulation of the said trade, and for preventing frauds and impositions in the management thereof,
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Short title given by Short Titles Act 1896 (c. 14)
C2Act amended by Common Informers Act 1951 (c. 39)
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I1Act commenced from 13.11.1770, and wholly in force on or before 22.10.1771.
Textual Amendments
F1Ss. 1–10, 14–17 repealed by Sea Fisheries Act 1868 (c. 45), Sch. 2
And all and every person or persons employed in the said fisheries may fish in any part of the British Seas and shall have and exercise the free use of all ports, harbours, shores, and forelands in Great Britain, or the islands belonging to the crown of Great Britain, below the highest high-water mark, and for the space of one hundred yards on any waste or uncultivated land beyond such mark, within the land, for landing their nets, casks, and other materials, utensils, and stores, and for erecting tents, huts, and stages, and for the landing, pickling, curing, and reloading their fish, and in drying their nets, without paying any foreland or other dues, or any other sum or sums of money, or other consideration whatsoever, for such liberty (except as herein-after is excepted), any law, statute, or custom to the contrary notwithstanding: And if any person or persons shall presume to demand or receive any dues, sums of money, or other consideration whatsoever, for the use of any such ports, harbours, shores, or forelands, within the limits aforesaid, or shall obstruct the fishermen, or other persons employed in the taking or curing of fish, or drying their nets, in the use of the same, every person so offending shall, for every such offence, forfeit the sum of one hundred pounds, to be recovered and levied in manner herein-after directed.
Provided always, that nothing in this Act contained shall extend to exempt the vessels or boats employed in the said fisheries from the payment of such harbour or pier duties as are, and by the law ought to be, demanded for ships, vessels, or boats, in piers or harbours which are built or artificially made, but that such harbour or pier dues shall be paid in like manner as the same were liable to be paid before the passing of this Act.
Textual Amendments
F3Ss. 1–10, 14–17 repealed by Sea Fisheries Act 1868 (c. 45), Sch. 2
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