WHALING INDUSTRY (REGULATION) ACT 1934 (c. 49)
S^.3-5
Whaling ships and whale-oil factories to be licensed.
Grant of licences.
Provided that the length prescribed for the purposes of this section in relation to blue whales shall not be less than sixty feet, and the length so prescribed in relation to fin whales shall not be less than fifty feet.
(3) In this section—
(a) the expression "calf" includes a suckling whale;
(b) the expression "right whale" means a whale known by any of the names set out in Part I of the Schedule to this Act;
(c) the expression "blue whales" means whales known by any
of the names set out in Part II of the Schedule to this Act;
(d) the expression "fin whales" means whales known by any of the names set out in Part III of the Schedule to this Act;
['(e) the expression “grey whale” means a whale known by any
of the names set out in Part IV of the Schedule to this Act.]
4.-(1) Without prejudice to the provisions of the last foregoing section, it shall be unlawful for any British ship to which this Act applies to be used outside the coastal waters of the United Kingdom for taking or treating whales, or for any factory situate in Great Britain to be used for treating whales, unless the owner or the charterer of the ship, or the occupier of the factory, is the holder of a licence in force under this Act authorising the ship or the factory, as the case may be, to be so used.
(2) If any ship or factory is used for taking or treating whales in contravention of this section, the master and (subject to the following provisions of this Act) the owner and the charterer (if any) of the ship, or the inanager and (subject as aforesaid) the occupier of the factory, as the case may be, shall each be liable, in respect of each whale taken or treated in contravention of this section, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months, or to a fine not exceeding two hundred pounds and an additional fine not exceeding the value of the products (if any) obtained or obtainable from the whale, or to both such imprisonment and such fines.
5.-(1) On application made in the prescribed manner by the owner or charterer of any British ship to which this Act applies, or by the occupier of any factory situate in Great Britain, and on payment of such fee as may be prescribed, the licensing authority shall, subject to the following provisions of this Act, grant to the applicant a licence in the prescribed form authorising that ship or factory to be used for taking whales or for treating whales, as the case may require. (2) The fee prescribed in respect of the grant of a licence under this section shall not exceed-
'S. 3(3)(e) inserted by Sea Fish Industry Act 1938 (c. 30), s. 43(a)
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