Fisheries (Amendment) Act, 1983

Short title, collective citations and construction.

12.—(1) This Act may be cited as the Fisheries (Amendment) Act, 1983.

(2) The Fisheries Acts, 1959 to 1980, and this Act may be cited together as the Fisheries Acts, 1959 to 1983.

(3) The Fisheries Acts, 1959 to 1980, and this Act shall be construed together as one.

(4) The Mercantile Marine Act, 1955 , and section 8 , in so far as it amends the Act of 1955, and sections 9 and 10 (1) of this Act may be cited together as the Mercantile Marine Acts, 1955 to 1983.

(5) The collective citation “the Merchant Shipping Acts, 1894 to 1983,” shall include section 8 , in so far as it amends the Act of 1894, and section 10 (2) of this Act and without prejudice to the generality of this provision, references in the Merchant Shipping Acts, 1894 to 1981, to the Merchant Shipping Acts shall be construed as including a reference to the said section 8 , in so far as it so amends, and section 10 (2).