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23 1994

FISHERIES (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1994

PART I

Preliminary and General

Short title, commencement, construction and collective citation.

1. —(1) This Act may be cited as the Fisheries (Amendment) Act, 1994.

(2) This Act shall come into operation on such day as the Minister shall by order appoint.

(3) The Fisheries Acts, 1959 to 1991 and this Act may be cited together as the Fisheries Acts, 1959 to 1994 and shall be construed together as one.

(4) The Mercantile Marine Acts, 1955 to 1983 and section 3 may be cited together as one, and the Act of 1955 and section 3 shall be construed together as one.

(5) The Merchant Shipping Acts, 1894 to 1992 and section 4 may be cited as the Merchant Shipping Acts, 1894 to 1994.

Interpretation.

2. —(1) In this Act—

the Principal Act” means the Fisheries (Consolidation) Act, 1959 ;

the Act of 1955” means the Mercantile Marine Act, 1955 ;

the Act of 1962” means the Fisheries (Amendment) Act, 1962 ;

the Act of 1978” means the Fisheries (Amendment) Act, 1978 ;

the Act of 1983” means the Fisheries (Amendment) Act, 1983 ;

Member State” means a Member State of the European Communities;

undertaking” means the whole or any part of a business enterprise, institution, association or public authority.

(2) In this Act, a reference to a Part or section is to a Part or section of this Act, unless it is indicated that reference to some other enactment is intended.

(3) In this Act, a reference to a subsection or paragraph is to the subsection or paragraph of the provision in which the reference occurs, unless it is indicated that reference to some other provision is intended.

(4) In this Act, a reference to any enactment includes a reference to that enactment as amended by any other enactment including this Act.