Fishery Limits Act 1976
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1976 c. 86 |
| Year | 1976 |
(1) Subject to the following provisions of this section, British fishery limits extend to the seaward limits of any area for the time being designated by Order in Council under section 41(3) of the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (exclusive economic zone) .(2) Her Majesty may by Order in Council, for the purpose of implementing any international agreement or the arbitral award of an international body, or otherwise, declare that British fishery limits extend to such other line as may be specified in the Order.(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(5) Subject to section 10(2) (b) below, references to British fishery limits in any enactment for the time being in force relating to sea fishing or whaling are to the limits set by or under this section.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (2) In section 5 of the (2) In subsection (2) of that section, in paragraph (a) (British fishing boats) for the words “anywhere within the convention area to which the order relates" there are substituted the words “wherever they may be".(3) In subsection (2) of that section, in paragraph (b) (foreign fishing boats) for the words “waters which are within both the fishery limits of the British Islands and that convention area" there are substituted the words “waters within British fishery limits".(4) At the end of section 10 of the The enactments mentioned in Schedule 1 to this Act are amended as there provided, being amendments which revise the penalties for certain offences under enactments relating to sea fishing. (1) Orders made under any provision of this Act shall be made by statutory instrument.(2) Power conferred by any provision of this Act to make an Order in Council or other order includes power to vary or revoke by a further Order in Council or order under that provision.(1) The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food may, with the approval of the Treasury, incur expenditure in employing officers and vessels and generally taking such measures as appear to him necessary to protect British fisheries.such expenses as are referred to in subsection (1) above; orincreased administrative expenses,(a) registered in the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man; or(b) wholly British-owned;(1) The enactments mentioned in Schedule 2 to this Act are amended as there provided, being amendments consequential on the provisions of this Act.(2) The transitional provisions in Schedule 3 to this Act have effect.(3) The enactments mentioned in Schedule 4 to this Act are repealed to the extent there specified.(1) This Act, except the repeals in section 13 of the nothing in this Act affects the extent of British fishery limits in the waters adjacent both to Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland to a distance of 12 miles from the baselines from which the breadth of
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