Fisheries (Amendment) Act, 1978

Regulations for giving effect to the Convention on the Conduct of Fishing Operations in the North Atlantic.

10.—Chapter II of Part XIII of the Principal Act is hereby amended by the insertion of the following section after section 224:

“224A. (1) Without prejudice to the provisions of any other enactment, the Minister may, with the consent of the Minister for Tourism and Transport, make such provision by regulations as appears to him to be necessary or expedient for the purpose of carrying out the Convention on the Conduct of Fishing Operations in the North Atlantic made at London on the 17th day of March, 1967, or any convention amending or replacing that convention, and for giving effect thereto or to any of the provisions thereof.

(2) A person who contravenes a regulation under this section shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable, on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding £500.”.