Fisheries (Amendment) Act, 1983

Restriction on registration under Act of 1955 and entry in fishing boat register of certain ships.

8.—(1) (a) Section 18 (1) of the Act of 1955 shall, as respects a ship to which this section applies, apply only if the ship is the subject of a licence granted for the purposes of section 222B of the Principal Act and which is for the time being in force or, if it is not so in force, is to come into force on the registration under the Act of 1955 of the ship.

(b) After the passing of this Act a ship to which this section applies shall not be registered under the Act of 1955 unless, at the time of the registration, there is in relation to the ship a licence granted for the purposes of section 222B of the Principal Act and which is for the time being in force or, if it is not so in force, is to come into force on the ship's being so registered.

(c) After the passing of this Act a ship which is a fishing boat within the meaning of Part IV of the Act of 1894 shall not be entered in the fishing boat register unless at the time of the entry there is in relation to the boat a licence granted for the purposes of section 222B of the Principal Act and which is for the time being in force or, if it is not so in force, is to come into force on the boat's being so registered.

(2) Where a licence granted for the purposes of section 222B of the Principal Act is revoked by the Minister or otherwise ceases to be in force, the Minister for Transport may, after consultation with the Minister, if he thinks fit, give a direction in writing in relation to the ship to which the licence relates, and in case the Minister for Transport gives a direction under this section—

(a) in case the ship to which the direction relates is for the time being registered under the Act of 1955, she shall thereupon cease to be so registered,

(b) in case such ship is for the time being entered under section 373 of the Act of 1894 in the fishing boat register, she shall thereupon cease to be so entered.

(3) For so long as a ship which but for subsection (1) of this section would be required to be registered under the Act of 1955 is not so registered, subsection (3) of section 18 of that Act shall apply in relation to her as if she were required by subsection (1) of the said section 18 to be so registered.

(4) This section applies to any ship which is a sea-fishing boat within the meaning of Chapter II of Part XIII of the Principal Act.