S.I. No. 40/1959 - Undersized Sea-Fish (Escallops) Order, 1959.

S.I. No. 40 of 1959.

UNDERSIZED SEA-FISH (ESCALLOPS) ORDER, 1959.

I, ERSKINE H. CHILDERS, Minister for Lands, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 2 of the Sea Fisheries (Protection of Immature Fish) Act, 1937 (No. 33 of 1937), and the Fisheries (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order, 1957 ( S.I. No. 67 of 1957 ), hereby order as follows :—

1. This Order may be cited as the Undersized Sea-fish (Escallops) Order, 1959.

2. This Order shall come into operation on the 1st day of April, 1959.

3. The Interpretation Act, 1937 (No. 38 of 1937), applies to this Order.

4. Any escallop which is less in dimension than four and a half inches measured across its greatest width shall be, for the purposes of the Sea Fisheries (Protection of Immature Fish) Act, 1937 (No. 33 of 1937), undersized.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 6th day of March, 1959.

ERSKINE H. CHILDERS,

Minister for Lands.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This Order declares that any escallop measuring less than four and a half inches across its greatest width shall be undersized for the purposes of the Sea Fisheries (Protection of Immature Fish) Act, 1937 .