FISHERIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1966 - SECT 92 Dismantlement of salmon weirs during the annual close season for salmon and trout.

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FISHERIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1966 - SECT 92

Dismantlement of salmon weirs during the annual close season for salmon and trout.

92.(1) Within thirty-six hours of the commencement of
the annual close season for salmon and trout, all the moveable parts of a
salmon weir shall be removed from the weir and shall be taken from thence.

(2) The moveable parts of a salmon weir shall not be placed in or on that weir
earlier than thirty-six hours before the expiration of the annual close
season.

(3) During the annual close season (except the first and the last thirty-six
hours thereof) the moveable parts of a salmon weir shall not be allowed to
remain in or on that weir.

(4) If in respect of any salmon weir there is a contravention of the
provisions of subsection (1), (2) or (3) the occupier of the weir shall be
guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not
exceeding [#500] or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to
both such fine and such imprisonment.

(5) Nothing in subsection (4) shall be construed as rendering liable to any
penalty an occupier of a salmon weir who satisfies the court that he was
prevented by floods, storm or stress of weather from complying with subsection
(1) during the continuance of that prevention.

(6) Where the occupier of a salmon weir is convicted of an offence under this
section, the Board, or, failing the Board, the Ministry, may cause to be
removed from the salmon weir the moveable parts in respect of which the
offence was committed and may recover from the occupier any expenses
reasonably incurred in so doing.

(7) In this section the expression "moveable parts" means, in relation to a
salmon weir, the inscales and heck of every box in the salmon weir and all
other fittings and articles used in connection with those boxes which are
capable of removal.

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FISHERIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1966 - SECT 92