FISHERIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1966 - SECT 6 Programme for the development, etc., of waters for angling.

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FISHERIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1966 - SECT 6

Programme for the development, etc., of waters for angling.

6.(1) A person applying to the Ministry under subsection (1) of section 5 for
any assistance such as is described in paragraph (i) or (ii) of that
subsection, or a person so applying on behalf of any association, shall submit
to the Ministry a programme for the development or improvement of the waters
with respect to which the application is made, and the Ministry may approve
the programme without modification or subject to any modfication that may be
agreed upon between the Ministry and the applicant, or may refuse to approve
the programme.

(2) In determining the amount of any grant for which application is made under
section 5(1)(i) or the nature or extent of any works proposed to be executed
or thing to be done under section 5(1)(ii), the Ministry shall have regard to

(a)the security of tenure of the applicant or, as the case may be, the
association or any of their members of any estate in land by virtue of which
any right of taking fish in those waters is exercisable by him or them;

(b)any representations made to the Ministry by any other person who has such
an estate in land, and the willingness of any such other person to enter into
an agreement with the Ministry or the applicant for the futherance of the
purposes of the programme;

(c)the provisions of the programme with respect to the amount of any financial
contribution to be made or work to be done for the purposes of the programme
by the person making the application or, as the case may be, the association
or any of their members;

(d)the amount of any contribution to be made for the purposes of the programme
by a district council under section 37 of the
Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898;

(e)any other sources of financial assistance available to the applicant; and

(f)the extent to and the terms on which facilities for angling in the waters
to which the programme relates will be made available to members of the public
or any section thereof.

(3) A programme approved by the Ministry under subsection (1) may be modified
with the Ministry's approval, and thereafter shall have effect for the
purposes of this section as so modified.

(4) Subject to subsection (5), where the Ministry has approved a programme
under this section, the Ministry may revoke its approval if, at any time
before the carrying out of the programme is completed, it appears to
the Ministry

(a)that any term of the programme or any condition imposed in connection with
the payment of a grant or instalments thereof, or the execution of any works,
or the doing of any thing, under section 5 in relation to the programme has
not been, or is not likely to be, complied with; or

(b)that in connection with an application for approval of the programme or of
any modification of the programme the applicant gave information which was
false or misleading in a material respect;

(5) Before revoking an approval under subsection (4), the Ministry shall

(a)give to the applicant or any other person to whom any grant would be
payable by the Ministry under the programme, or from whom any payment of such
a grant would be recoverable, a written notification of the reasons for the
proposed revocation; and

(b)afford to each such person an opportunity of appearing before and being
heard by a person appointed for the purpose by the Ministry; and

(c)consider the report of the person so appointed and supply a copy of the
report to each person who was entitled to appear before the person submitting
it.

(6) For the purpose of giving effect to the provisions of a programme to which
the Ministry has given its approval under this section, or of securing the
observance by any person of conditions attached to such approval, the Ministry
may enter into an agreement with any person or association, by or on behalf of
whom the programme was submitted, or with any person acting on behalf of such
an association, or with any other person such as is referred to in subsection
(2)(b), on such terms and conditions as the Ministry thinks fit; and without
prejudice to the generality of the foregoing provisions of this subsection,
the agreement may include provisions for ensuring that any disposition by any
such person or association of fishing rights over the waters to which the
programme relates or of any land held in connection therewith shall be made on
such terms as may be appropriate for securing the continued observance of the
conditions by his or their successors in title.

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FISHERIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1966 - SECT 6