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SEA FISHERIES (SCOTLAND) AMENDMENT ACT 1885 - SECT 5

Steam trawlers to have letters and numbers painted on the quarter.

5. Every British sea-fishing boat propelled by steam, fishing in any part of
the sea adjoining Scotland, shall, in addition to having the number and
letters painted on the bow in manner provided by the Sea Fisheries Act, 1883,
have the initial letter or letters of the port to which it belongs, and the
registry number in the series of numbers for that port, painted in white
oil-colour on a black ground, on the funnel twelve inches from the top, and on
the quarter three or four inches below the gunwale, and so as to be clearly
visible, of the dimensions prescribed for the letters and numbers on the bow
by the regulations in force for the time being for the lettering, numbering,
and registering of British sea-fishing boats under the Sea Fisheries Acts or
any Act amending the same.

This section shall be enforced in the same manner as if it were contained in
such regulations.

It shall be the duty of the [Secretary of State] to enforce the provisions of
the Sea Fisheries Acts, and of any Orders in Council following thereon, with
respect to the numbering and lettering of fishing boats by directing their
officers being sea fishery officers to use the powers in that behalf conferred
upon sea fishery officers by the said Acts and Orders in Council.



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