FISHERIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1966 - SECT 11 Fish culture licences.

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FISHERIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1966 - SECT 11

Fish culture licences.

11.(1) The Ministry may by licence (in this section referred to as a "fish
culture licence") authorise, subject to such conditions as may be contained in
the licence, any person to operate a fish farm at a place specified in the
licence, and in connection therewith to carry on such operations in relation
to the culture of fish of any kind specified in the licence as may be so
specified.

(2) The conditions which may be contained in a fish culture licence shall
include conditions as to the times and seasons at and the manner in which fish
may be taken; and the licence may, in so far as is expedient for the purpose
of giving effect to any such conditions, exempt

(a)the holder of the licence and any person acting under his directions; and

(b)a person who acquires fish of any kind taken in accordance with such
conditions,

(3) Without prejudice to subsection (2), and notwithstanding anything
contained in this Act or any regulation or byelaw made under this Act, a
person to whom a fish culture licence is granted and any person acting under
his directions may, subject to the conditions contained in the licence, do any
of the things authorised by the licence.

(4) The Ministry may amend a fish culture licence

(a)on the Ministry's own motion, within ten years from the date on which the
licence was granted; or

(b)on the application of the holder of the licence, at any time.

(5) When the Ministry proposes to amend a fish culture licence under
subsection (4)(a), the Ministry shall

(a)give to the holder of the licence at least twenty-eight days' prior notice
of its intention to do so; and

(b)state in the notice given under paragraph (a) the specifiic amendment under
consideration and the grounds upon which it is proposed to be made,

(6) A fish culture licence may be suspended or revoked in accordance with the
provisions of Schedule 1; and in the application of those provisions for the
purposes of this section

(a)"licence" shall mean a fish culture licence; and

(b)the references in paragraphs 1 and 3 to the fishery with respect to which
the licence was issued shall be construed as references to the fish farm to
which the licence relates.

(7) If any person

(a)operates a fish farm with respect to which a fish culture licence is not
for the time being in force; or

(b)operates a fish farm with respect to which such a licence is so in force,
otherwise than in accordance with any conditions attached to the licence,

Subs.(8) rep. by 1972 NI 16 art.63(3) sch.19 Pt.I

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FISHERIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1966 - SECT 11