# Sea Fisheries Act 1883 (repealed 19.11.1998), Section 11: Who are to be British and foreign sea-fishery officers.

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) The provisions of this Act and of any Order in Council under this Act or under section 373 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1894 shall be enforced by sea-fishery officers, either British or foreign.
(2) The following persons shall be British sea-fishery officers; that is to say, every officer of or appointed by the Board of Trade, every commissioned officer of any of Her Majesty’s ships on full pay, every officer authorised in that behalf by the Secretary of State, every British Consular Officer, every collector and principal officer of Customs and Excise in any place in the British Islands, and every officer of Customs and Excise in the British Islands authorised in that behalf by the Commissioners of Customs and Excise, every divisional officer of the coastguard, and every principal officer of a coastguard station.
(3) The following persons shall be foreign sea-fishery officers, that is to say, the commander of any vessel belonging to the Government of any Foreign State bound by the Convention, and any officer appointed by a Foreign State for the purpose of enforcing the Convention, or otherwise recognised by Her Majesty as a sea-fishery officer of a Foreign State.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/46-47/22/section/11 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/sea-fisheries-act-1883-repealed-19111998/section-11
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