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Ss.17-19

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

1907 c. 41.

1894 c. 60.

1907 c. 41. 1908 c. 31.

Incidental

provision as to regulations and orders.

†Short title and commencement.

"factory" does not include a ship;

"the licensing authority” means--

(a) in relation to a factory situate in England, the ['Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food]; or

(b) in relation to a factory situate in Scotland, the author- ity having power to grant licences under the Whale Fisheries (Scotland) Act 1907; or

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(c) in relation to a hip, the Board of Trade;

"master," in relation to any ship, includes the person for the time being in command or charge of the ship and, in relation to a ship used for treating whales, includes the person for the time being in charge of the operations on board the ship in connection with such treatment;

"prescribed" means prescribed by regulations of the licensing

authority:

"ship" has the same meaning as in the Merchant Shipping Act 1894. (2) The provisions of this Act shall be without prejudice to the provisions of the Whale Fisheries (Scotland) Acts 1907 and 1922, and of the Whale Fisheries (Ireland) Act 1908.

S. 17 (Definition of "British ship to which this Act applies") amended by enactments listed in the Chronological Table of the Statutes, Solomon Islands Act 1978 (c. 151. Sch. para. 5, Tuvalu Act 1978 tc. 201, Sch 2 puru 5 and 5.1. 1978/1030, Sch. para. 7

18.-(1) Regulations prescribing lengths of whales for the pur- poses of any of the provisions of this Act, may also prescribe the manner in which the lengths are to be measured.

(2) Regulations of the Board of Trade shall not be be made for the purposes of this Act except after consultation between the Board of Trade, on the one hand, and the ['Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food] and the ["Secretary of State], on the other hand.

(3) Any Order in Council made under the foregoing provisions of this Act may be varied or revoked by a subsequent Order in Council.

19.--(1) This Act may be cited as the Whaling Industry (Regula- tion) Act 1934.

(2)

'Words substituted by virtue of S.1. 1955/554 (1955 1, p. 1200), art. 3(3) "Words substituted by virtue of Secretaries of State Act 1926 (c. 18), s. 1(3)

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