WHALING INDUSTRY (REGULATION) ACT 1934 (c. 49)

(a) two hundred pounds in the case of a licence authorising the

use of a ship or factory for treating whales; or

(b) one hundred pounds in the case of a licence authorising the

use of a ship for taking whales.

(3) A licence granted under this section shall, unless previously cancelled under this Act, continue in force for one year from the day specified in the licence as the day on which it takes effect l'or for such shorter period beginning on the said day as may be specified in the licence; and subject to the provisions of the last preceding subsection, different fees may be charged in respect of the grant of licences for different periods.]

(4) The licensing authority may, if they think fit, refuse to grant a licence under this section to any person who has been convicted of an offence under this Act.

licences.

6. (1) There shall be attached to every licence under this Act Conditions authorising the use of a ship for taking whales a condition that the attached to remuneration of the gunners ard crew of the ship must, so far as it is calculated by reference to the results of their work, be calculated by reference to the size, species, vil-yield and value of the whales taken, and in such manner as to exclude remuneration in respect of any whale which is of less than such length as may be prescribed for the purposes of this section, or the taking of whichis prohibited by this Act.

[2(1A) There shall be attached to every licence under this Act authorising the use of a ship or factory for treating whales a condition that the remuneration of the persons employed in treating whales on board the ship or at the factory must. so far as it is calculated by reference to the results of their work, be calculated by reference to the size, species, oil-yield and value of the whales treated.]

(2) There shall be attached to every licence under this Act authorising the use of a ship or factory for treating whales, the following conditions, that is to say:—

(a) that there must be recorded in the prescribed manner and by

the prescribed person-

(i) with respect to each whale treated in the ship or factory, the date and place of taking, the species and the sex of the whale, and such measurements and other biological information (including information as to the contents of its internal organs) as may be prescribed; and

(ii) the prescribed particulars as to the number of whales treated in the ship or factory, and as to the yield

'Words added by Sea Fish Industry Act 1938 (c. 30), s. 44

*S. 6(1A) inserted by Sea Fish Industry Act 1938 (c. 30), s. 45(1)

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