Section 9(1).
1In section 2 of the Herring Fisheries (Scotland) Act 1860 (definition of " the coasts of Scotland ") for the words " the fishery limits of the British Islands " substitute the words " British fishery limits ".
2In section 11 of the Herring Fisheries (Scotland) Act 1867 (definition of " the coasts of Scotland ") for the words " the fishery limits of the British Islands " substitute the words " British fishery limits ".
3In section 26 of the Sea Fisheries Act 1868 (fishing boats to have official papers on board)—
(a)for the words " the exclusive fishery limits of the British Islands within the meaning of the Sea Fisheries Act 1968 " substitute the words " waters adjacent to the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man, which are not more than six nautical miles from the baselines from which the breadth of the territorial sea is measured "; and
(b)for the words " outside of those limits" substitute the words " outside such waters ".
4In section 2 of the Sea Fisheries (Clam and Bait Beds) Act 1881 (power to prohibit beam trawling where injurious to clam and bait beds) for the words " within the fishery limits of the British Islands " substitute the words " not more than six nautical miles from the baselines from which the breadth of the territorial sea is measured ".
5In the Sea Fisheries Act 1883 (enforcement of certain fishery conventions), in sections 4, 5, 12, 18, 25 and 31, for the words " the fishery limits of the British Islands " substitute the words " British fishery limits ".
6In section 4 of the Sea Fisheries (Scotland) Amendment Act 1885 (control of modes of fishing within defined areas) for the words "the fishery limits of the British Islands" substitute the words " British fishery limits ".
7In section 4 of the Fisheries Act 1891 (liability for contravening Convention) for the words "the exclusive fishery limits of the British Islands " substitute the words " British fishery limits ".
8In section 3(4) of the Whale Fisheries (Scotland) Act 1907 (prohibition on whaling in coastal waters) for the words " the fishery limits of the British Islands " substitute the words " British fishery limits ".
9In section 11(1) of the Cran Measures Act 1908 (application of Act) for the words " and within the exclusive fishery limits of the British Islands" substitute the words " to a distance of six nautical miles measured from the baselines from which the breadth of the territorial sea is measured ".
10In section 3(4) of the Whale Fisheries (Ireland) Act 1908 (prohibition on whaling in coastal waters) for the words " such part of the fishery limits of the British Islands as is mentioned in section 4(2) of the Fishery Limits Act 1964 " substitute the words " waters within British fishery limits which are adjacent to Northern Ireland and are not nearer to any point on the baselines from which the breadth of the territorial sea adjacent to Great Britain or the Isle of Man is measured than to any point on the corresponding Northern Irish baselines ".
11In section 17(1) of the Whaling Industry (Regulation) Act 1934 (definition of " coastal waters ") for the words " the fishery limits of the British Islands " substitute the words " British fishery limits ".
12In section 4(a) of the Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries (Protection) (Scotland) Act 1951 (prohibition on use of explosives, etc. to take or destroy fish) for the words "within the fishery limits of the British Islands " substitute the words " up to twelve nautical miles from the baselines from which the breadth of the territorial sea is measured ".
13In section 60 of the Weights and Measures Act 1963 (saving for cran measures) for the words " and within the exclusive fishery limits of the British Islands " substitute the words " to a distance of six nautical miles measured from the baselines from which the breadth of the territorial sea is measured ".
14In the Fisheries Act (Northern Ireland) 1966 for the words " such part of the fishery limits of the British Islands as is mentioned in section 4(2) of the Fishery Limits Act 1964 " in each place where they occur, that is to say,—
(a)in sections 16(1)(f) and 206(3) (power to define boundary of waters within Londonderry Area),
(b)in section 125(1) (power to prohibit trawling in certain areas),
(c)in section 126(b) (landing or selling fish caught in contravention of byelaws about beam or other trawling),
(d)in section 206(1) (definition of " waters "), and
(e)in Schedule 8 (repeals) in the third column of the entry relating to the [1889 c. 74.] Steam Trawling (Ireland) Act 1889,
substitute the words " waters within British fishery limits which are adjacent to Northern Ireland and are not nearer to any point on the baselines from which the breadth of the territorial sea adjacent to Great Britain or the Isle of Man is measured than to any point on the corresponding Northern Irish baselines ".
15In section 1(1) of the Sea Fisheries (Shellfish) Act 1967 (power to make orders as to fisheries for shellfish) for the words " so much of the exclusive fishery limits of the British Islands as is adjacent to Great Britain" substitute the words " waters adjacent to Great Britain to a distance of six nautical miles measured from the baselines from which the breadth of the territorial sea is measured ".
16(1)In sections 1(3) and (4), 3(2), 5(2) and (8) and 15(3) of the Sea Fish (Conservation) Act 1967, for the words " the fishery limits of the British Islands " substitute the words " British fishery limits ".
(2)In section 11(2) and (3) of that Act (penalties) for the reference to an offence under section 4 of that Act substitute a reference to an offence under section 4(3) or (6).
(3)In section 15(2) of that Act (powers of seizure of sea-fishery officers) for paragraphs (b) and (c) substitute the following paragraphs—
“(b)any fish caught in contravention of a prohibition imposed by an order under section 4 or 5 of this Act, where the fish are on the fishing boat used in contravention of the prohibition or are in the ownership or custody, or under the control, of the owner, the master or the charterer (if any) of the fishing boat;
(c)any net or other fishing gear used in contravention of a prohibition imposed by an order under the said section 4 or 5 ;”.
(4)In section 18 of that Act (enforcement of orders in relation to salmon and migratory trout) in subsection (1) for the words " section 4 of this Act, or any order under section 5 or 6 thereof " substitute the words " any order under section 4, 5 or 6 of this Act ".
(5)In the said section 18 in subsection (2) for the words "the said section 4, or any order under the said section 5 or 6," substitute the words " any order under the said section 4, 5 or 6 ".
(6)Section 19(2) of that Act is repealed.
(7)In section 23(1) of that Act (certain exceptions for waters adjacent to Northern Ireland)—
(a)for the words " Sections 4(9) and 5(2) " substitute the words " Section 5(2)" ; and
(b)for the words " such part of the fishery limits of the British Islands as is mentioned in section 4(2) of the Fishery Limits Act 1964" substitute the words " waters within British fishery limits which are adjacent to Northern Ireland and are not nearer to any point on the baselines from which the breadth of the territorial sea adjacent to Great Britain or the Isle of Man is measured than to any point on the corresponding Northern Irish baselines ".
17(1)In sections 5(3), 8(1), (4), (5) and (6), 9(1) and 10(2) and (3) of the Sea Fisheries Act 1968 for the words "the fishery limits of the British Islands " substitute the words " British fishery limits ".
(2)The following provisions of that Act are repealed, that is to say,—
(a)section 6 ;
(b)in section 19(1), the definition of " outer belt" ;
(c)section 19(2); and
(d)in paragraph 23 of Schedule 1, sub-paragraph (b).
18(1)In section 49 of the Sea Fish Industry Act 1970 (white fish and herring subsidies), in subsections (2) and (3) for the words " the exclusive fishery limits " in the three places where they occur substitute the words " coastal waters ".
(2)In subsection (7) of that section, for the words from " the exclusive fishery limits " to the end substitute the words " coastal waters are to the waters adjacent to any part of the United Kingdom to a distance of six nautical miles measured from the baselines from which the breadth of the territorial sea is measured ".
(3)In section 51 of that Act (reimbursement of Isle of Man herring subsidies), in subsection (1) for the words " exclusive fishery limits " in the two places where they occur substitute the words " coastal waters ".
(4)For subsection (5) of that section substitute the following subsection—
“(5)In this section ' the coastal waters of the Isle of Man' means the waters to a distance of six nautical miles measured from the baselines from which the breadth of the territorial sea adjacent to the Isle of Man is measured.”.
19In paragraph 4 of Schedule 2 to the Water Act 1973 (seaward boundary of water authority areas) for the words " in which Her Majesty's subjects have the exclusive right of fishing" substitute the words " to a distance of six nautical miles measured from the baselines from which the breadth of the territorial sea is measured ".
20In section 5(1) of the Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries Act 1975 (prohibition on use of explosives, etc. to take or destroy fish) for the words " and within the exclusive fishery limits of the British Islands " substitute the words " to a distance of six nautical miles measured from the baselines from which the breadth of the territorial sea is measured ".