Maritime Jurisdiction (Amendment) Act, 1964

States the fishing vessels of which may fish within exclusive fishery limits.

3.—(1) The Government may, with respect to that portion of the exclusive fishery limits of the State which lies outside the line every point of which is at a distance of six nautical miles from the nearest point of the baseline, by order specify the states the fishing vessels of which may fish therein.

(2) The Government may, with respect to that portion of the exclusive fishery limits of the State which lies between—

(a) the line every point of which is at a distance of three nautical miles from the nearest point of the baseline, and

(b) the line every point of which is at a distance of six nautical miles from the nearest point of the baseline,

by order specify the states the fishing vessels of which may,

until—

(i) the end of the year 1965 in areas off parts of the coast where the baseline is low-water mark, and

(ii) the end of the year 1966 in other areas,

fish therein.

(3) An order under this section may apply differently to different states and vessels and may confine fishing by any vessels to particular stocks of fish or particular fishing grounds.

(4) Fishing under and in accordance with an order under this section shall not be a contravention of the prohibition on fishing by means of a foreign sea-fishing boat imposed by subsection (1) of section 222 of the Fisheries (Consolidation) Act, 1959 .

(5) The Government may by order revoke or amend an order under this section.

(6) Every order made under this section shall be laid before each House of the Oireachtas as soon as may be after it is made, and if a resolution annulling the order is passed by either House within the next twenty-one days on which that House has sat after the order has been laid before it, the order shall be annulled accordingly, but without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done thereunder.