Sea Fisheries (Shellfish) Act 1967

1. Introductory Text

2. Fisheries for shellfish

   1. 1. Power to make orders as to fisheries for shellfish.

   2. 2. Effect of grant of right of several fishery.

   3. 3. Effect of grant of right of regulating a fishery.

   4. 3A. Contravention of regulated fishery orders: presumption

   5. 4. Licensing powers in case of regulated fishery.

   6. 4ZA. Register of licences

   7. 4A. Powers of sea-fishery officers in relation to fishing boats to enforce regulated fishery

   8. 4B. Powers of sea-fishery officers on land to enforce regulated fishery

   9. 4C. Powers of British sea-fishery officers to seize fish and fishing gear

   10. 4CA. Power to enter land

   11. 4D. Sections 4A to 4CA: supplementary

   12. 5. Cesser of right conferred by order under s. 1.

   13. 5A. Orders made by Welsh Ministers: protection of marine environment

   14. 5B. European marine sites: power of Welsh Ministers to serve site protection notice

   15. 5C. Appeal against site protection notice

   16. 5D. Failure to comply with site protection notice

   17. 5E. European marine sites: power of Welsh Ministers to vary or revoke order under section 1

   18. 5F. Protection of marine environment: supplementary provision

   19. 6. Report to Parliament.

   20. 7. Protection of fisheries.

   21. 8. Proof of certain matters.

   22. 9. Grants and loans for restoration of fisheries.

   23. 10. Fishery to be within county, etc. for purposes of jurisdiction.

   24. 11. Service of certain documents.

3. Further provisions with respect to shellfish

   1. 12. Power to prohibit deposit of shellfish.

   2. 13. Power to prohibit importation of shellfish in certain cases.

   3. 14. Supplementary provisions as to orders under ss. 12 and 13.

   4. 15. Public fisheries: elimination of disease or pest affecting shellfish.

   5. 16. Oysters not to be sold between certain dates.

   6. 17. Taking and sale of certain crabs and lobsters prohibited.

   7. 18. Power to search for, seize, etc. oysters, crabs and lobsters illegally in possession of any person, etc.

4. Supplemental

   1. 19. Jurisdiction to try certain offences and applications of certain fines.

   2. 20. Orders and regulations.

   3. 21. Financial provisions.

   4. 22. Interpretation.

   5. 23. Isle of Man and Channel Islands.

   6. 24. Consequential amendments, repeals and transitional provisions.

   7. 24A. Crown application: Scotland

   8. 25. Citation, commencement and extent.

5. SCHEDULES

   1. SCHEDULE 1

      Provisions with Respect to Making of Orders Under Section 1

      1. 1. Where an application for an order under section 1 of...

      2. 2. Where a draft order is prepared and a copy thereof...

      3. 3. During the period of one month after the first publication...

      4. 4. (1) . . . . . . . . ....

      5. 5. Without prejudice to paragraph 4 above, the appropriate Minister may,...

      6. 6. (1) As soon as conveniently may bereasonably practicable after the...

      7. 7. Where the appropriate Minister makes an order under section 1...

      8. 8. All expenses incurred by the appropriate Minister in relation to...

   2. SCHEDULE 2

      CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS

      1. THE SEA FISHERIES (CLAM AND BAIT BEDS) ACT 1881

         1. In section 4 for the words from “sections” where first...

         2. In section 6 for the words “Part III of the...

         3. In section 8 for the words “under the Sea Fisheries...

      2. THE SEA FISHERIES REGULATION (SCOTLAND) ACT 1895

         1. In section 8(1)(b) for the words “section four of the...

         2. In section 8(1)(c) for the words “the proviso to section...

      3. THE SEA FISHERIES REGULATION ACT 1966

         1. In section 5(1)(e) for the words “section four of the...

         2. In section 5(1)(f) for the words “the proviso to section...

         3. . . .

   3. SCHEDULE 3

      Enactments Repealed