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3. The byelaw or byelaws shall specify the penalty to be imposed for any breach thereof.
4. Notice of the intention to apply to the Board of Trade for confirmation of any byelaw shall be given by advertisement once in each of two consecutive weeks, in one or more newspapers circulating in the neighbourhood of the district, and shall, together with a copy of the byelaw, be forwarded forthwith to the Secretary to the Admiralty.
The notice shall include—
(a) A description of the purport of the byelaw;
(b) A notice of the place at which a copy of the byelaw may be inspected, free of charge, or may be obtained on payment of one penny;
(c) A notice that any person objecting to the confirmation of the byelaw may forward a statement of his objection in writing to the Board of Trade on or before a specified date, being twenty-eight days after the date of the first advertisement, and that such objector is required at the same time to forward a copy of the statement to the clerk of the committee.
The advertisement shall be signed by the clerk of the committee, and shall set forth his address.
5. The application for confirmation of the byelaw shall be forwarded to the Board of Trade, after the expiration of twentyeight days from the date of the first advertisement, and shall have attached to it—
(a) Two copies of the byelaw signed by the clerk of the committee;
(b) A copy of the notice convening the meeting at which the byelaw was made, endorsed with a certificate under the hand of the person by whom the same was issued that it was duly served in the manner herein-before directed, and specifying the latest date of such service;
(c) A copy of each newspaper in which the advertisement appeared;
(d) A certificate of the date of service of the notice and byelaw on the Secretary to the Admiralty.
6. All communications forwarded to the Board of Trade shall be on foolscap paper, and shall be addressed to the "Assistant Secretary, Fisheries Department, Board of Trade, London, S.W."
7. In these regulations the expression " committee " shall be understood to include a Board of Conservators or a Harbour Authority exercising the powers of a committee, and the expression " district " to include the area of jurisdiction of such