2 Prohibition of catching or treating whales within United Kingdom waters.U.K.
It shall be unlawful for any ship to be used within the coastal waters of the United Kingdom for taking or treating whales, and if any ship is so used, the master shall be liable [F1[F2on summary conviction, or on conviction on indictment, to a fine]].
Textual Amendments
F1Words substituted by Fisheries Act 1981 (c. 29, SIF 52:1), s. 35(3)
F2Words in s. 2 substituted (12.3.2015) by The Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (Fines on Summary Conviction) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/664), reg. 1(1), Sch. 4 para. 2(2) (with reg. 5(1))