s 12 Exemption of whaling operations carried on in coastal waters of certain British possessions, &c.
His Majesty may by Order in Council direct that subject to such conditions, if any, as may be specified in the Order, any of the foregoing provisions of this Act which restricts the taking or killing of whales or the use of ships shall not apply in relation to anything done within the coastal waters of— (a) a country or part of His Majesty’s dominions to which this Act may be extended by virtue of the next following section, . . . (b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . if there is in force, as respects those coastal waters, a provision of the local law which appears to His Majesty substantially to correspond with the aforesaid provision of this Act.