| Guvnor

Status: In Force
Penalty ceiling: Prosecution 1 of 2 obligations carry an unlimited fine. 1 has no criminal penalty — flagged in the list below.

Does it bind you?

Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.

Any Person1 Occupier1

Other Acts binding the same actors

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Any Person — also bound by 2340 other Acts

Human Medicines Regulations 2012 184 duties

Merchant Shipping Act 1995 144 duties

Insolvency (England and Wales) Rules 2016 104 duties

Communications Act 2003 92 duties

Road Traffic Act 1988 92 duties

Occupier — also bound by 235 other Acts

The Water Resources (Control of Agricultural Pollution) (Wales) Regulations 2021 47 duties

Avian Influenza and Influenza of Avian Origin in Mammals (England) (No. 2) Order 2006 46 duties

The Welfare of Animals (Slaughter or Killing) Regulations 1995 34 duties

Highways Act 1980 23 duties

Nitrate Pollution Prevention Regulations 2015 19 duties

What it requires

Sections creating concrete business duties or carrying penalties, grouped as the instrument is structured. Titles link to the source text — blue means you’re leaving for legislation.gov.uk.

s.006 Conditions attached to licences. Regulated

Keep and transmit records of each whale treated and crew remuneration accountsOccupier

s.008 Powers of whale fishery inspectors. Prosecution

Obstruct or refuse to assist a whale fishery inspectorAny Person

Unlimited fine

16 other provisions — procedural and definitional

s.001 (1) Subject to the provisions of this section, references in...

s.002 Prohibition of catching or treating whales within United Kingdom waters.

s.003 Protection for certain classes of whales.

s.004 Whaling ships and whale-oil factories to be licensed.

s.005 Grant of licences.

s.007 Permits to take and treat whales for scientific purposes.

s.009 Forgery of documents.

s.010 Legal proceedings.

s.011 Application to non-British ships registered in colonies, &c.

s.012 Exemption of whaling operations carried on in coastal waters of certain British possessions, &c.

s.013 Extension to British possessions, &c.

s.014 Exercise of Board of Trade’s powers by other persons.

s.016 Expenses, and application of fees and fines.

s.017 Interpretation, and saving for certain enactments.

s.018 Incidental provision as to regulations and orders.

s.019 †Short title and commencement.

Duty extraction and severity labels are Guvnor’s analysis of the instrument, not the instrument itself. Always verify against the linked source text.

Whaling Industry (Regulation) Act 1934

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What it requires