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the oysters or mussels stolen, and the place from which 

 they were stolen, to allege and prove that they were the 

 property of and in the lawful possession of one or other 

 of such proprietors, and were stolen from one or other of 

 such contiguous beds or fisheries. 



56. This part of this Act shall, as to all Orders made Application 

 under the Oyster and Mussel Fisheries Act, 1 866, which Orders, etc., 

 have been or may be confirmed in this Session of Parlia- 3°vict^^c.Ts! 

 ment, apply in the same manner as if they had been made 

 and confirmed in pursuance of this part of this Act. 



All Orders made under the Oyster and Mussel Fisheries 

 Act, 1866, before the commencement of this Act, and not so 

 confirmed, and all proceedings taken before the commence- 

 ment of this Act with a view to obtain any such Orders, shall 

 have effect and be proceeded with as if they had been respec- 

 tively made and taken under this part of this Act. 



SEA FISHERIES (CLAM AND BAIT BEDS) 



ACT, 1881. 



[44 Vict. Cap. ii.] 



An Act to further amend the Law relating to Sea Fisheries 

 by providing for the protection of Clam and other 

 Bait Beds. [3d June 188 1.] 



1. This Act may be cited as the Sea Fisheries (Clam and Short title. 

 Bait Beds) Act, 1881. 



2. Where the Board of Trade, on such application and Power of 



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after such local mquiry as m this Act mentioned, are satisfied Trade by 

 that the unrestricted use of beam trawls in any area being Ordlr to"pro- 

 part of the sea adjoining the United Kingdom, and within tect bait beds 

 the territorial waters of Her Majesty's dominions, within the by™eam^^ 

 meaning of the Territorial Waters Jurisdiction Act, 1878, is trawls. 

 injurious to any clam or other bait bed in that area, the via?c.'^7S. 

 Board of Trade may make an Order for restricting or pro- 

 hibiting or for empowering the authority named therein to 

 restrict or prohibit, either entirely or subject to such regu- 

 lations as may be provided by the Order, the use of any 



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