(1)This Act, except the repeals in section 13 of the M1Sea Fisheries Act 1968 (compensation for damage caused by offence), extends to Northern Ireland.
(2)Subject to subsection (3) below,—
(a)nothing in this Act affects the extent of British fishery limits in the waters adjacent both to Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland to a distance of 12 miles from the baselines from which the breadth of the respective territorial seas is measured; and
(b)references to “British fishery limits" in any enactment for the time being in force relating to sea fishing or whaling shall be construed as including a reference to those limits as well as to the limits set by or under section 1 of this Act.
(3)The power conferred on Her Majesty by section 1(2) of this Act to declare the extent of British fishery limits by Order in Council includes power to declare the extent of the limits in the waters referred to in subsection (2)(a) above.
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