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Part IV.
Fishing Boats.
Application of Part IV., &c.
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Application of Part IV.
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369.—(1) This Part of this Act relates partly—
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(a) to all fishing boats and to the whole fishing service; and partly
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(b) to all fishing boats of twenty-five tons tonnage and upwards; and partly
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(c) to fishing boats being trawlers of twenty-five tons tonnage and upwards, and where so expressly provided, to fishing boats being trawlers of whatever tonnage.
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(2) [1]
The Board of Trade may, by order published in the London Gazette,—
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(a) exempt from the date in the order mentioned, any class of such trawler or trawlers belonging to any port from the whole or any portion of this Part of this Act, and
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(b) extend all or any of the provisions of this Part of this Act to any fishing boats referred to in the order,
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and may revoke or alter any such order by an order published in like manner, but such order shall not extend to any of the provisions relating to the fishing boat register, or to the boats and life-buoys to be carried on fishing boats.
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(3) The Board of Trade may, before making any order under this section, institute such inquiry, as in their opinion may be required for enabling them to make the order, by such person as the Board may appoint, and the person so appointed shall for the purpose of the inquiry have all the powers of a Board of Trade inspector under this Act.
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(4) The provisions of this Act with respect to fishing boats being trawlers shall, save as otherwise expressly provided, apply to vessels employed as tenders or carriers to fishing boats or for the purpose of collecting and conveying to the land the catch of fishing boats.
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[1 This provision extends to the making of, exempting, or extending orders with regard to the provisions of ss. 413 to 416 as applied to Scotland. See 6 Edw. 7. c. 48. s. 81 (2).]
[1 Ss. 413–416 now apply to trawlers of twenty-five tons going to sea from any port in Scotland; see 6 Edw. 7. c. 48. s. 81.] |
