Whaling Industry (Regulation) Act 1934
1(1) Subject to the provisions of this section, references in...
2 Prohibition of catching or treating whales within United Kingdom waters.
3 Protection for certain classes of whales.
4 Whaling ships and whale-oil factories to be licensed.
5 Grant of licences.
6 Conditions attached to licences.
7 Permits to take and treat whales for scientific purposes.
8 Powers of whale fishery inspectors.
9 Forgery of documents.
10 Legal proceedings.
11 Application to non-British ships registered in colonies, &c.
12 Exemption of whaling operations carried on in coastal waters of certain British possessions, &c.
13 Extension to British possessions, &c.
14 Exercise of Board of Trade’s powers by other persons.
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16 Expenses, and application of fees and fines.
17 Interpretation, and saving for certain enactments.
18 Incidental provision as to regulations and orders.
19†Short title and commencement.
SCHEDULE Names of Whales
Part I
Right Whales
Part II
Blue Whales
Part III
Fin Whales
Part IV
Grey Whales

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Whaling Industry (Regulation) Act 1934

1934 CHAPTER 49 24 and 25 Geo 5

An Act to enable effect to be given to a Convention for the Regulation of Whaling, signed at Geneva on behalf of His Majesty on the twenty-fourth day of September, nineteen hundred and thirty-one; to prohibit the taking or treating of whales within the coastal waters of the United Kingdom; and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid.