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Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1Act: power to transfer functions conferred (1.7.1999) by S.I. 1999/672, art. 2, Sch. 1

Fisheries for shellfishE+W+S

8 Proof of certain matters.E+W+S

Whenever it is necessary in any legal proceedings to prove that the requirements of an order under section 1 of this Act or of any other Act as to—

(a)the buoying or other marking of the limits of any fishery for shellfish of any description to which the order applies or, as the case may be, of any fishery for oysters or mussels to which that other Act applies, or

(b)the publication, posting or distribution of notices of those limits,

have been complied with, or that notice of the provisions of the order or Act relating to the fishery has been duly published, a certificate, purporting to be under the hand of one of the secretaries, under secretaries or assistant secretaries of the appropriate Minister’s department [F1or, as regards Scotland, signed by a member of the staff of the Scottish Administration], certifying that that Minister is satisfied that those requirements have been complied with or that the said notice was duly published shall be received as evidence of compliance with those requirements or publication of that notice.

Textual Amendments

F1Words in s. 8 inserted (1.7.1999) by S.I. 1999/1820, art. 4, Sch. 2 Pt. I para. 42(4); S.I. 1998/3178, art. 3