Fisheries (Commissions) Act, 1997

Interpretation.

1.—(1) In this Act—

“the Act” means the Fisheries (Amendment) Act, 1995 ;

“the Commission” means the Southern Regional Fisheries Commission established by the purported order;

“the purported order” means the document titled Fisheries (Amendment) Act, 1995 (Southern Regional Fisheries Commission) Order, 1996, signed on the 21st day of February, 1996, by the Minister of State at the Department of the Marine, purportedly in exercise of powers conferred by section 3(1) of the Act and the Marine (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) (No. 2) Order, 1995 ( S.I. No. 199 of 1995 ), and published as Statutory Instrument No. 51 of 1996.

(2) In this Act—

(a) a reference to a section is a reference to a section of this Act, unless it is indicated that a reference to some other enactment is intended, and

(b) a reference to a subsection, paragraph or subparagraph is a reference to the subsection, paragraph or subparagraph of the provision in which the reference occurs, unless it is indicated that a reference to some other provision is intended.