Sea Fish Industry Act 1970

15 The purchase and sale as agents and, in special cases, as principals, of herring or herring products including—

(a) in connection with the regulation of sales with a view to meeting temporary or seasonal conditions detrimental to the industry, the imposition on holders of stocks of cured herring of a duty to place them at the disposal of the Board with a view to the sale for export thereof by the Board as agents, and

(b) in connection with sales for export of cured herring by the Board as principals, the compulsory purchase by the Board of cured herring and the imposition on persons having supplies of fresh herring of a duty to sell them to curers for the purpose of the purchase by the Board,

and the fixing of prices in connection with the matters referred to in sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) above.

In this paragraph " cured herring" means herring which have been pickled in salt or brine or in both and which have not been subjected to any process of smoking.