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FISHERIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1966 - SECT 2

2.(1) The Ministry shall have power to acquire by agreement fishing rights in
any inland waters, for the purpose of developing or improving facilities for
angling, and accordingly may, so far as is reasonably necessary for or is
incidental to that purpose, so acquire

(a)any estate in land by virtue of which such rights are exercisable; and

(b)any estate in any other land which the Ministry is satisfied it is
expedient to acquire for the safeguarding or the full enjoyment or
exploitation of those rights.

(2) Where fishing rights in respect of any waters have been acquired by
the Ministry under subsection (1), the Ministry may do all such things as are
necessary or expedient for the proper development of those waters, and of any
land acquired under that subsection, for angling or for the provision of
facilities or amenities for persons authorised by the Ministry to enter
thereon.

(3) Without prejudice to the generality of the provisions of subsection (2),
the things that may be done in exercise of the powers conferred by that
subsection shall include

(a)the provision of proper means of access to waters used or capable of being
used for angling, including the provision of roads, stiles, jetties, quays or
boats;

(b)the removal or exclusion from any such waters of any predatory animal or of
either any other animal or any plant, organism or substance which is harmful
to fish of a particular kind or the food of fish; and

(c)the stocking of any such waters with fish in pursuance of section 10.

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