FISHERIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1966

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FISHERIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1966 - SECT 88



88.(1) A person who by any means removes or causes to be removed from any
waters

(a)any salmon or trout which has been injured or killed otherwise than by
lawful means; or

(b)any salmon or trout which has been found dead, from any cause whatever, by
that person;

(2) Subsection (1) shall not apply to any of the following persons

(a)any person acting under the authority of the Ministry; or

(b)any officer of the Board; or

(c)any owner of a fishery in those waters; or

(d)any agent of the owner of a fishery in those waters; or

(e)any member of the Royal Ulster Constabulary; or

(f)[any person acting under the authority of a district council].

(3) Where a person is charged with an offence under this section in respect of
any fish it shall be a good defence to prove that he removed the fish from any
waters, or caused it to be so removed, solely for the purpose of delivering it
to a person designated in any of paragraphs (a) to (f) of subsection (2), and
that he did so deliver it before being required to do so by any such person.

Annual close season for salmon and trout.

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FISHERIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1966 - SECT 88