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				</ukm:Metadata><Primary><PrimaryPrelims DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1973/30/introduction" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1973/30/introduction"><Title>Sea Fisheries (Shellfish) Act 1973</Title><Number>1973 c.30</Number><LongTitle>An Act to amend the Sea Fisheries (Shellfish) Act 1967.</LongTitle><DateOfEnactment><DateText>[5th July 1973]</DateText></DateOfEnactment></PrimaryPrelims><Body DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1973/30/body" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1973/30/body" NumberOfProvisions="2"><P1group><Title>Amendment of s.16(2) of 1967 c.83 <CommentaryRef Ref="c702439"/></Title><P1 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1973/30/section/1" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1973/30/section/1" id="section-1"><Pnumber>1</Pnumber><P1para><Text>At the end of section 16(2) of the <CommentaryRef Ref="c702440"/>Sea Fisheries (Shellfish) Act 1967 (which makes certain exemptions in respect of the closed season for the sale of oysters) there shall be added the following— <InlineAmendment>“
            ,or(e) were Pacific or Japanese oysters<Emphasis>(Crassostrea gigas)</Emphasis>, Portugese oysters<Emphasis>(Crassostrea angulata)</Emphasis> or other members of the genus<Emphasis> Crassotrea</Emphasis>.
          ”</InlineAmendment></Text></P1para></P1></P1group><P1group><Title> Citation, commencement and extent.</Title><P1 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1973/30/section/2" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1973/30/section/2" id="section-2"><Pnumber>2</Pnumber><P1para><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1973/30/section/2/1" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1973/30/section/2/1" id="section-2-1"><Pnumber>1</Pnumber><P2para><Text>This Act may be cited as the Sea Fisheries (Shellfish) Act 1973; and this Act and the <CommentaryRef Ref="c702441"/>Sea Fisheries (Shellfish) Act 1967 may be cited together as the Sea Fisheries (Shellfish) Acts 1967 and 1973.</Text></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1973/30/section/2/2" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1973/30/section/2/2" id="section-2-2"><Pnumber>2</Pnumber><P2para><Text>This Act shall come into force on 1st May 1974.</Text></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1973/30/section/2/3" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1973/30/section/2/3" id="section-2-3"><Pnumber>3</Pnumber><P2para><Text>This Act shall not extend to Northern Ireland.</Text></P2para></P2></P1para></P1></P1group></Body></Primary><Commentaries><Commentary id="c702439" Type="C"><Para><Text>The text of s. 1 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991</Text></Para></Commentary><Commentary id="c702440" Type="M"><Para><Text><Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1967/83" id="c00001" Year="1967" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="83">1967 c. 83</Citation>. </Text></Para></Commentary><Commentary id="c702441" Type="M"><Para><Text><Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1967/83" id="c00002" Year="1967" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="83">1967 c. 83</Citation>. </Text></Para></Commentary></Commentaries></Legislation>