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Whaling Industry (Regulation) Act 1934.

Country/Territory
United Kingdom
Document type
Legislation
Date
1934 (1978)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Long title
An Act to enable effect to be given to a Convention for the regulation of Whaling, signed at Geneva on behalf of His Majesty on the twenty-fourth day of September, nineteen hundred and thirty-one; to prohibit the taking or treating of whales within coastal waters of the United kingdom; and for purposes conncetd with the matters aforesaid.
Subject
Wild species & ecosystems
Keyword
Marine mammals Hunting authorization/permit Offences/penalties Protection of species
Geographical area
Atlantic Ocean Islands, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Atlantic, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe
Abstract

The Act gives effect to the Geneva Whaling Convention of 1931. The Act applies only in relation of whalebone whales and baleen whales (sect. 1). Sections 4, 5 and 6 provide for licencing of whaling ships and whale-oil factories and conditions attached to a licence. (19 sections, 1 Schedule)

Full text
English
Website
www.opsi.gov.uk

References - Legislation

Implemented by

Whaling Industry (Regulation) Act (Newfoundland, Colonies, Protectorates and Mandated Territories) Order, 1936 (Cap. 242).

Legislation | Bahamas | 1936

Keyword: Marine mammals, Hunting authorization/permit, Offences/penalties, Protection of species

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Amended by

Fisheries Act 1981 (Chapter 29).

Legislation | United Kingdom | 1981 (2018)

Keyword: Basic legislation, Marine fisheries, Inland fisheries, Institution, Tax/levy, Special fund, Subsidy/incentive, Size, Transshipment, Enforcement/compliance, Policy/planning, Marine mammals, Fishery management and conservation, Offences/penalties, Fishing authorization, Authorization/permit

Source: FAO, FAOLEX