The Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (Fines on Summary Conviction) Regulations 2015

Whaling Industry (Regulation) Act 1934 (c.49)E+W
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2.—(1) The Whaling Industry (Regulation) Act 1934 is amended as follows.

(2) In section 2 (prohibition of catching or treating whales within United Kingdom waters)(1), for the words following “liable” substitute “on summary conviction, or on conviction on indictment, to a fine”.

(3) In section 3 (protection for certain classes of whales)(2), in subsection (1), for the words following “liable” substitute “on summary conviction, or on conviction on indictment, to a fine”.

(4) In section 4 (whaling ships and whale-oil factories to be licensed)(3), in subsection (2), for the words following “this section” (in the second place where it occurs) substitute “on summary conviction, or on conviction on indictment, to a fine”.

(5) In section 6 (conditions attached to licences)(4), in subsection (7), for the words from “on summary conviction” to “on indictment to a fine;” substitute “on summary conviction, or on conviction on indictment, to a fine;”.

(6) In section 8 (powers of whale fisheries inspectors)(5), in subsection (3), for the words following “liable” substitute “on summary conviction, or on conviction on indictment, to a fine”.

Commencement Information

I1Sch. 4 para. 2 in force at 12.3.2015, see reg. 1(1)

(1)

Section 2 was amended by the Fisheries Act 1981 (c.29), section 35(3).

(2)

Section 3(1) was amended by the Fisheries Act 1981 (c.29), section 35(3).

(3)

Section 4(2) was amended by the Fisheries Act 1981 (c.29), section 35(3).

(4)

Section 6(7) was amended by the Fisheries Act 1981 (c.29), section 35(4).

(5)

Section 8(3) was amended by the Fisheries Act 1981 (c.29), section 35(6)(b).