FISHERIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1966

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FISHERIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1966 - SECT 37



37. Byelaws made by the Board under subsection (1) of section 26 may (without
prejudice to the provisions of paragraphs (g), (h) and (i) of that subsection
or to the provisions of section 70(2)(a), (c) or (d)),

(a)authorise the issue of different classes of fishing licence in respect of
any one or more than one kind of fish, or any one or more than one description
of fishing engine, specified in the byelaws;

(b)prescribe different forms, periods of duration, territorial limitations,
terms and conditions, or duties, in respect of different classes of licence
and, in the case of different classes of licence, provide that reduced duties
may be paid by persons holding a licence of another class or issued by another
authority or body named in the byelaws;

(c)contain provisions limiting the number which may be issued of licences of
any class specified in the byelaws authorising the use of fishing engines
other than rod and line or hand line for the taking of fish (other than eels)
in the freshwater portion of any river or lake, but not so as to affect the
lawful use by any person of a draft net or fixed engine, or of any
fishing engine for the taking of fish in a fishing weir, used by him by virtue
of section 71(2)(d), or section 73 (1), as the case may be;

(d)prescribe the records to be kept and the returns to be made by the holder
of any licence to fish with rod and line or hand line;

(e)provide for an appeal to the Ministry against the revocation by the Board
of, or the refusal of the Board to issue or renew, any fishing licence;

(f)provide for the exemption of persons who have not attained the age of
sixteen, or such other age as may be prescribed by the byelaws, from the
requirement to hold a fishing licence to fish for, take or kill fish of any
kind so prescribed by rod and line or hand line.

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FISHERIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1966 - SECT 37