Fisheries Act 1981

Section 4(10).

SCHEDULE 2 Sea Fish Industry Levies

1 At least twenty-eight days before making any regulations under section 4 of this Act the Authority shall cause to be published in the London Gazette, the Edinburgh Gazette and the Belfast Gazette and in such other manner as it thinks best adapted for informing persons affected, a notice of the Authority's intention to make the regulations—

(a) specifying the place whtere the draft regulations may be inspected and copies obtained and the price (being a price approved by the Ministers) at which copies will be supplied; and

(b) stating that the Authority is prepared to receive and consider any objection to the proposed regulations which may be made to the Authority in writing within such period after the date of the publication of the notice, not being less than twenty-eight days, as may be specified in the notice;

and the Authority shall, before making the regulations, take into consideration any such objection so made to them before the end of the period specified in the notice.

2 When submitting any regulations to the Ministers the Authority shall transmit to them any objection to the regulations which has been duly made to the Authority and has not been withdrawn, and the Ministers shall consider any objections so transmitted to them.

3 The order confirming any regulations shall set out the regulations ; but before making any such order the Ministers may, after holding such inquiries (if any) as they think fit, make such modifications in the regulations as they may, after consultation with the Authority, consider desirable ; but if they decide to make any modifications they shall cause notice of the modifications to be published in such manner as they think best adapted for informing persons, affected.