Sea Fish (Conservation) Act 1967

[F1 [F2 20 Orders. U.K.

(1) Any power conferred by this Act to make an order includes power to vary or revoke the order by a subsequent order.

(2) Any power conferred by section 1, 3, F3 ... [F4 4A,] 5, 6, 8 or 15 of this Act to make an order shall be exercisable by statutory instrument.

(3) A statutory instrument containing an order made under the said section 1, 3 or 8, and a statutory instrument containing an order made under the said section 15 in relation to the said section 1 or 3 or an order thereunder, shall be laid before Parliament.

(4) A statutory instrument containing an order made under the said section 8 shall cease to have effect on the expiration of a period of twenty-eight days beginning with the date on which it is made unless before the expiration of that period it has been approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament, but without prejudice to anything previously done under the instrument or to the making of a new statutory instrument.

In reckoning for the purpose of this subsection any period of twenty-eight days, no account shall be taken of any time during which Parliament is dissolved or prorogued, or during which the House of Commons is adjourned for more than four days.

(5) A statutory instrument containing an order made under section F5 ... [F4 4A,] 5 or 6 of this Act, and a statutory instrument containing an order made under section 15 thereof in relation to any of those sections or an order thereunder, [F6 and a statutory instrument containing an order made under section 15 in relation to any of the provisions of sections 14 to 18 of, or Schedule 3 to, the Fisheries Act 2020 or any regulations made under any of those provisions,] except a statutory instrument to which [F7 subsection F8 ... (6)] below applies, shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.

F9 (5A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F10 (5B) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(6) Where an order under section 5(1) of this Act is made so as to have effect in relation to salmon or migratory trout (whether it is made so as to have effect in relation to any other description of fish or not), then, if the order contains a statement in accordance with subsection (3) of that section, the statutory instrument containing the order shall be of no effect unless it is approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.

(7) As soon as may be after the making of any of the following orders, that is to say, an order under section 1, 3, 6 or 8 of this Act and an order under section 15 thereof relating to the said section 1 or 3 or an order thereunder, the authority making the order shall, in such manner as that authority thinks best for informing persons concerned, publish a notice stating that the order has been made and specifying the place where copies of the order may be purchased.]]

Textual Amendments

F1 S. 18(2) substituted (S.) (1.4.2005) by Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries (Consolidation) (Scotland) Act 2003 (asp 15), s. 71(2), sch. 4 para. 1 (with s. 71(3)(4)(6)); S.S.I. 2005/174, art. 2

F2 S. 18(3) inserted (15.11.2006) by The Scotland Act 1998 (River Tweed) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/2913), art. 1(2), Sch. 4 para. 1

F3 Word in s. 20(2) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of Fisheries Act 2020 (c. 22), s. 54(3)(b), Sch. 4 para. 6(11)(a) (with Sch. 4 para. 31)

F4 Word inserted by Fisheries Act 1981 (c. 29, SIF 52:1), s. 21(2)(b)

F5 Word in s. 20(5) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of Fisheries Act 2020 (c. 22), s. 54(3)(b), Sch. 4 para. 6(11)(b)(i) (with Sch. 4 para. 31)

F6 Words in s. 20(5) inserted (31.12.2020) by Fisheries Act 2020 (c. 22), s. 54(3)(b), Sch. 4 para. 6(11)(b)(ii) (with Sch. 4 para. 31)

F7 Words in s. 20(5) substituted (17.12.1992) by Sea Fish (Conservation) Act 1992 (c. 60), s. 7(2) (with s. 11(4)).

F8 Words in s. 20(5) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of Fisheries Act 2020 (c. 22), s. 54(3)(b), Sch. 4 para. 6(11)(b)(iii) (with Sch. 4 para. 31)

F9 S. 20(5A) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of Fisheries Act 2020 (c. 22), s. 54(3)(b), Sch. 4 para. 6(11)(c) (with Sch. 4 para. 31)

F10 S. 20(5B) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of Fisheries Act 2020 (c. 22), s. 54(3)(b), Sch. 4 para. 6(11)(c) (with Sch. 4 para. 31)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 S. 20(2) excluded (28.3.2002) by S.I. 2002/790, art. 3(1), Sch. 1 para. 4(1)(2)