Fishery Board (Scotland) Act 1882
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1882 c. 78 |
Fishery Board (Scotland) Act, 1882
(45 & 46 Vict.) CHAPTER 78.
An Act to establish a Fishery Board for Scotland.
[18th August 1882]
Be it enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
1 Short title.
1. This Act may be cited as theFishery Board (Scotland) Act, 1882.
2 Definitions.
2. In this Act—
The expression ‘Herring Fishery Acts’ shall mean the Acts mentioned in the First Schedule.
The expression ‘Salmon Fishery Acts’ shall mean the Acts mentioned in the Second Schedule.
3 Dissolution of Board of British White Herring Fishery.
3. On the sixteenth day of October one thousand eight hundred and eighty-two the Board of British White Herring Fishery shall be dissolved, and the present Commissioners shall be discharged of their duties.
4 Establishment and constitution of Fishery Board.
4. A Fishery Board shall be established for Scotland.
(1) (1.) The Board shall consist of the following members:—the Sheriffs of three Sheriffdoms, who shall be appointed by Her Majesty, and shall hold office during their tenure of the office of sheriff.
Six members, to be appointed by Her Majesty, who shall hold office for five years, and may be reappointed.
(2) (2.) It shall be lawful to Her Majesty to nominate one member of the Board to be chairman and another to be deputy chairman. The chairman shall receive such salary as the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury may assign. Three members shall be a quorum.
(3) (3.) There shall be a secretary to the Board, who shall be appointed by Her Majesty, and shall receive such salary as the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury may assign.
(4) (4.) The office of the Board shall be in Edinburgh, and the Board shall appoint such clerks and officers, and at such salaries, as may be sanctioned by the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury.
(5) (5.) The first meeting of the Board shall be on the sixteenth day of October one thousand eight hundred and eighty-two.
5 Functions of Board. Herring fisheries. Deep sea fisheries.
(1)5. (1.) The Fishery Board shall have all the powers and duties conferred upon the present Board of British White Herring Fishery by the Herring Fishery Acts and the Sea Fishery Acts, 1868 and 1875 , and any Order in Council following thereon, except the duty of making an annual report to the Board of Trustees for Manufactures, and the power of appointing a secretary; and shall take cognizance of everything relating to the coast and deep sea fisheries of Scotland, and take such measures for their improvement as the funds under their administration and not otherwise appropriated may admit of, but without interfering with any...
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