Fisheries (Statute Law Revision) Act, 1949

Continuance of bye-laws under Steam-Trawling (Ireland) Act, 1889.

46.—(1) Notwithstanding the repeal, effected by this Act, of the Steam Trawling (Ireland) Act, 1889, every bye-law, made under the last-mentioned Act and in force immediately before the commencement of this section, shall continue in force.

(2) Any bye-law continued in force by subsection (1) of this section shall be deemed to be a bye-law made under section 4 of the Sea Fisheries Protection Act, 1933 (No. 53 of 1933), and that Act (including the penal provisions thereof) shall apply accordingly.