SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 3 Transitional Provisions

Powers of British sea fishery officers

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1

The provisions of this paragraph apply to orders made under section 15(3) of the M1Sea Fish (Conservation) Act 1967 conferring powers on British sea fishery officers to enforce the provisions of sections 1 to 7 of that Act or of orders made under those provisions.

2

Where by virtue of any of the provisions of paragraphs 2 to 5 above any prohibition contained in, or operating by reference to, an order made under section 1, 3, 4 or 5 of the said Act of 1967 is extended to an area outside the old but within the new fishery limits, the powers conferred for the enforcement of that prohibition shall be correspondingly extended as if the order concerned had been made under section 15(3) as amended by this Act.

3

In sub-paragraph (2) “the old fishery limits” means the fishery limits of the British Islands set by the M2Fishery Limits Act 1964 and “the new fishery limits” means British fishery limits set by or under this Act.