FISHERIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1966

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FISHERIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1966 - SECT 81



81.(1) In every fishing weir (other than an eel weir with respect to which a
licence granted by the Ministry under section 84 is for the time being in
force) there shall be a free gap or opening in accordance with the following
provisions:

(a)the free gap shall be situate in the deepest part of the stream;

(b)the sides of the free gap shall be in line with and parallel to the
direction of the stream at the weir;

(c)the bottom of the free gap shall be level with the natural bed of the
stream above and below the gap;

(d)the width of the free gap at its narrowest part shall be not less than
one-tenth part of the width of the stream:

(e)no existing free gap in any fishing weir shall be reduced in width or a gap
of less width substituted therefor or any alteration made therein so as to
reduce the flow of water through the gap.

(2) The requirements of subsection (1), in so far as they relate to the
provision of a free gap in every fishing weir, shall, in the case of a
fishing weir in which there was no free gap on 1st January, 1965, be deemed to
be complied with if immediately adjoining the weir there then was and
continues to be a navigation gap which conforms in form and dimensions to the
requirements of that subsection, and all the provisions of this Act which
apply to free gaps in fishing weirs (other than those which require the
free gap to be in the weir) shall apply to any such navigation gap.

(3) Where there is no free gap in a fishing weir or where a free gap has been
made in a fishing weir but is not maintained in accordance with subsection
(1), then, unless that fishing weir is an eel weir which is for the time being
excepted from the application of subsection (1), the owner and the occupier of
the fishing weir shall each be guilty of an offence ....

(4) Where the provisions of subsection (1) have been contravened the Board or,
failing the Board, the Ministry, may provide or restore a free gap and may
recover from the owner or the occupier of the fishing weir any expenses
reasonably incurred in executing the works undertaken for that purpose.

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FISHERIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1966 - SECT 81