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Fishery Limits Act 1964

1964 c. 72 · Enacted 31 July 1964 · Extends to United Kingdom

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An Act to extend the British fishery limits and amend the definition of “sea-fishing” in the Sea Fisheries Act 1883.

[31st July 1964]C1I1

Annotations to the whole text

Modifications

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Act extended by S.I. 1972/971, Sch. 1

Commencement

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Act wholly in force at 30.9.1964 see s. 5(2) and S.I. 1964/1553.

Contents

  1. 1Section 1
  2. 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  3. 3Section 3
  4. 4Provisions as to Northern Ireland.
  5. 5Short title and commencement.
  6. Schedule 1: CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS
  7. THE HERRING FISHERIES (SCOTLAND) ACT 1860
  8. THE SEA FISHERIES (CLAM AND BAIT BEDS) ACT 1881
  10. THE WHALE FISHERIES (IRELAND) ACT 1908
  11. THE WHALING INDUSTRY (REGULATION) ACT 1934
  12. Paragraph
  13. THE SALMON AND FRESHWATER FISHERIES (PROTECTION) (SCOTLAND) ACT 1951
  14. Schedule 2Schedule 2

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(2)

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3)(4)

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(2)

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C1(3)

The enactments mentioned in Schedule 1 to this Act shall have effect subject to the amendments specified in that Schedule, being amendments consequential on the extension of the fishery limits of the British Islands.

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(5)

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4Provisions as to Northern Ireland.

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This Act extends to Northern Ireland

2), (3)

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5Short title and commencement.

(1)

This Act may be cited as the Fishery Limits Act 1964.

C1C2(2)

This Act shall come into operation on such day as the Ministers may by order made by statutory instrument appoint.

THE HERRING FISHERIES (SCOTLAND) ACT 1860

F1In section 2, in the definition of “the coasts of Scotland” for the words “within the distance of three miles from the mainland or adjacent islands” there shall be substituted the words “surrounding Scotland which are within the fishery limits of the British Islands”.

THE SEA FISHERIES (CLAM AND BAIT BEDS) ACT 1881

F1In section 2, for the words from “within the territorial waters” to “1878” there shall be substituted the words “within the fishery limits of the British Islands”.

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THE WHALE FISHERIES (IRELAND) ACT 1908

In section 3(4), for the words “within three miles of low-water on any part of the coast of Ireland” there shall be substituted the words “within such part of the fishery limits of the British Islands as is mentioned in section 4(2) of the Fishery Limits Act 1964”.

  • In section 17(1) for the definition “coastal waters” there should be substituted the following:

    ““coastal waters” means—

    (a)

    in relation to the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man, so much of the waters adjoining those countries respectively as is within the fishery limits of the British Islands ; and

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    in relation to any other country, so much of the waters adjoining that country as is within the distance to which provisions of the law of that country corresponding to the provisions of this Act extend.”

THE SALMON AND FRESHWATER FISHERIES (PROTECTION) (SCOTLAND) ACT 1951

In section 4(a), for the words “up to the limit of territorial waters” there shall be substituted the words “in any waters adjacent to the United Kngdom which are within the fishery limits of the British Islands”.

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Schedule 2F1

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