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An Act to amend the law with regard to the enforcement of enactments prohibiting the use inScotland of the methods of fishing known as beam and otter trawling, and to the penalties that may be imposed in Scotland for other offences in connection with sea fisheries; and for purposes connected therewith.
[17th May 1934]
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Functions of Minister of Transport under s. 1(6) now exercisable by Board of Trade concurrently with Secretary of State: S.I. 1965/145, art. 2, Sch. 1 and 1970/1537, art. 2(1)
Textual Amendments
Textual Amendments
F2S. 2 repealed (21.3.1994) by 1993 c. 22, s. 8(4), Sch. 5 Pt.II; S.I. 1993/3137, art. 3(1), Sch.1.
Subsection (2) of section fourteen of the M1 Sea Fisheries Act, 1883, both as originally enacted and as applied by section five of this Act shall, in the case of a conviction in Scotland, have effect as if the words “two hundred pounds”were substituted for the words “fifty pounds.”
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C2The text of S. 3 is in the form in which it was enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991
Marginal Citations
M146 & 47 Vict. c. 22.
(1)While any vessel carrying trawling gear is within any area in which the methods of fishing known as beam trawling and otter trawling are illegal by virtue of [F3an order under section 1 of the Inshore Fishing (Scotland) Act 1984] . . . F4 the boards of the trawl and the net shall be inboard.
(2)In the event of a contravention of the foregoing provisions of this section, the skipper of the vessel shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding [F5level 2 on the standard scale].
Textual Amendments
F3Words substituted by Inshore Fishing (Scotland) Act 1984 (c. 26, SIF 52:1), s. 10(2), Sch. 1
F4Words repealed by S.R. & O. 1939/782 (Rev. XV, p. 172: 1939 II, p. 2933), Sch.
F5Words substituted by virtue of Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act (c. 21, SIF 39:1), s. 289G
Textual Amendments
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—
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the expression “illegal trawling” means any contravention of [F8an order under section 1 of the Inshore Fishing (Scotland) Act 1984] . . . F9 prohibiting the methods of fishing known as beam trawling and otter trawling, . . . F10
F11. . .
Textual Amendments
F7Definition of “Herring Fishery (Scotland) Acts” repealed by Inshore Fishing (Scotland) Act 1984 (c. 26, SIF 52:1), s. 10(2), Sch. 2
F8Words substituted by Inshore Fishing (Scotland) Act 1984 (c. 26, SIF 52:1), s. 10(2), Sch. 1
F9Words repealed by Reorganisation of Offices (Scotland) Act 1939 (c. 20), Sch.
F10Words repealed by Inshore Fishing (Scotland) Act 1984 (c. 26, SIF 52:1), s. 10(2), Sch. 1
F11S. 6: definition of "fishing boat" and "voyage" repealed (21.3.1994) by 1993 c. 22, s. 8(4), Sch. 5 Pt.II; S.I. 1993/3137, art. 3(1), Sch.1.
Textual Amendments
F12S. 7, Sch. repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1950 (c. 6), Sch. 1
This Act may be cited as the Illegal Trawling (Scotland) Act 1934.
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Textual Amendments
F13S. 7, Sch. repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1950 (c. 6), Sch. 1
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