Fishery Limits Act 1976

16(1)In sections . . . F1, 3(2). . . . F1 and 15(3) of the Sea Fish (Conservation) Act 1967, for the words “the fishery limits of the British Islands" substitute the words “British fishery limits".U.K.

(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F2

(3)In section 15(2) of that Act (powers of seizure of sea-fishery officers) for paragraphs (b) and (c) substitute the following paragraphs—

“(b)any fish caught in contravention of a prohibition imposed by an order under section 4 or 5 of this Act, where the fish are on the fishing boat used in contravention of the prohibition or are in the ownership or custody, or under the control, of the owner, the master or the charterer (if any) of the fishing boat ;

(c)any net or other fishing gear used in contravention of a prohibition imposed by an order under the said section 4 or 5 ;”

(4)In section 18 of that Act (enforcement of orders in relation to salmon and migratory trout) in subsection (1) for the words “section 4 of this Act, or any order under section 5 or 6 thereof" substitute the words “any order under section 4, 5 or 6 of this Act".

(5)In the said section 18 in subsection (2) for the words “the said section 4, or any order under the said section 5 or 6," substitute the words “any order under the said section 4, 5 or 6".

(6)Section 19(2) of that Act is repealed.

(7). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F2

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