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7 1952

SEA FISHERIES ACT, 1952

PART IV.

An Comhlachas Iascaigh Mhara.

Establishment.

23. —(1) There shall be a body to be known as An Comhlachas Iascaigh Mhara (in this Act referred to as the Association).

(2) Any person engaged in sea-fishing or carrying on business in the distributive fish trade shall be eligible for membership of the Association.

(3) The persons who, immediately before the commencement of this Part, were members of the dissolved body (as defined by section 25) and were described in its share register as fishermen shall become members of the Association upon its establishment.

(4) The provisions of the Second Schedule shall apply to the Association.

Functions.

24. —The functions of the Association shall be to further the interests of its members and of the sea-fishing industry in general and to make such representations as it thinks proper to the Board in relation thereto.