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FISHERIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1966 - SECT 99

Provisions to be observed in relation to certain fixed engines during the weekly close time.

99.(1) During the weekly close time

(a)the netting of the leader of every bag net used for catching salmon shall
be raised and kept out of the water; and

(b)all other nets used as fixed engines for the taking of salmon or trout
shall be wholly removed from the water.

(2) If in respect of any bag net the provisions of subsection (1)(a), or if in
respect of any other net to which subsection (1)(b) applies the provisions of
subsection (1)(b), are not complied with, the occupier of that bag net or net
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.

(3) Nothing in this section shall be construed as rendering liable to any
penalty a person 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.

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