FISHERIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1966

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FISHERIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1966 - SECT 87



87.(1) It shall not be lawful for any person to have in his possession or
control in any waters or on or near the banks of any waters any fishing engine
or lure or bait, if the use of that engine, lure or bait in those waters for
the purpose of taking fish is unlawful.

(2) Any person who has in his possession or control any fishing engine or lure
or bait in contravention of this section shall be guilty of an offence.

(3) Where a person is charged with an offence under subsection (2) in relation
to the possession or control of a net and it is proved that he was found in
possession or control of the net in or in the vicinity of the freshwater
portion of a river or any lake, it shall be presumed that he had the
possession or control of the net with intent to use it in the freshwater
portion of the river or in the lake in contravention of section 71(1) unless
and until he satisfies the court that at the time the offence is alleged to
have been committed

(a)he intended and was entitled to use the net in one of the manners specified
in section 71(2); or

(b)if he was found in possession or control of the net in the vicinity of the
boundary between the tidal and freshwater portions of a river, that he
intended and was entitled to use the net in the tidal portion of the river or
in the sea;

Taking salmon or trout unlawfully killed or found dead.

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FISHERIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1966 - SECT 87