Source: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1966/17/part/XII
Timestamp: 2019-08-21 09:05:39
Document Index: 653628810

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There are currently no known outstanding effects for the Fisheries Act (Northern Ireland) 1966, PART XII.
PART XIIF82N.I.SUPPLEMENTAL PROVISIONS
F82App. (hovercraft), SI 1972/971
F82N.I.[F1General considerations]
[F2185APreservation of amenity.N.I.
In the exercise of their functions under this Act the Ministry F3. . . shall have regard to the following matters, that is to say, the desirability of—
F3Words in s. 185A repealed (1.6.2009) by Public Authorities (Reform) Act (Northern Ireland) 2009 (c. 3), ss. 1(3)(b), 6, 7(1), Sch. 1 Pt. 2 para. 3(38), Sch. 3 (with Sch. 1 Pt. 1 para. 4(3)); S.R. 2009/172, art. 2(b)(e)
F82N.I.[F4Jurisdiction of Water Appeals Commission for Northern Ireland under this Act
185BJurisdiction of Appeals Commission.N.I.
F5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .]
F5S. 185B repealed (1.4.2007) by Water and Sewerage Services (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/3336 (N.I. 21)), art. 308(2), Sch. 13 (with arts. 8(8), 121(3), 307); S.R. 2007/194, art. 2(2), Sch.1 Pt. II (subject to art. 3, Sch. 2)
F82N.I.Legal Proceedings
186Complaints.N.I.
[F6(1)]A complaint charging the commission of a summary offence under any provision of this Act may be heard and determined by a court of summary jurisdiction whether or not the complainant is an authorised person for the purposes of Part XI.
[F6(2)Notwithstanding anything in Article 19(1)(a) of the Magistrates' Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1981, summary proceedings for an offence under section 45 (including that section as applied by section 7A), or Part VII may be brought at any time within the period of six months from the date on which evidence, sufficient in the opinion of [F7the Department] to justify a prosecution for the offence, comes to the knowledge of [F7the Department] ; but no such proceedings shall be brought by virtue of this section more than two years after the commission of the offence.
(3)For the purposes of subsection (2) a certificate purporting to be signed [F8on behalf of the Department] , as to the date on which such evidence as aforesaid came to the knowledge of [F7the Department] , shall be conclusive evidence thereof.]
F61991 NI 13
F7S. 186(2)(3): words in Act substituted (1.6.2009) by Public Authorities (Reform) Act (Northern Ireland) 2009 (c. 3), ss. 1(3)(b), 7(1), Sch. 1 Pt. 2 para. 3(1)(a) (with Sch. 1 Pt. 1 para. 4(3)); S.R. 2009/172, art. 2(a)(b)
F8Words in s. 186(3) substituted (1.6.2009) by Public Authorities (Reform) Act (Northern Ireland) 2009 (c. 3), ss. 1(3)(b), 7(1), Sch. 1 Pt. 2 para. 3(39) (with Sch. 1 Pt. 1 para. 4(3)); S.R. 2009/172, art. 2(a)(b)
(1)[F9The jurisdiction of any court of summary jurisdiction or lay magistrate] shall extend to all offences under any provision of this Act committed by any person at sea, in the same manner as it extends to offences committed on land F10....
(2)Any court of summary jurisdiction or [F11lay magistrate] referred to in subsection (1) may do all or any of the following acts or things in relation to any such offence as is mentioned in that subsection in like manner as it or he has power to do so in relation to offences committed or goods or chattels situate on land F12...—
F9Words in s. 188(1) substituted (31.10.2016) by Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 (c. 9), s. 106(2), Sch. 1 para. 58(3)(a) (with Sch. 8 para. 1); S.R. 2016/387, art. 2(k) (with art. 3)
F10Words in s. 188(1) repealed (31.10.2016) by Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 (c. 9), s. 106(2), Sch. 1 para. 58(3)(a), Sch. 9 Pt. 1 (with Sch. 8 para. 1); S.R. 2016/387, art. 2(k)(m) (with art. 3)
F11Words in s. 188(2) substituted (31.10.2016) by Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 (c. 9), s. 106(2), Sch. 1 para. 58(3)(b) (with Sch. 8 para. 1); S.R. 2016/387, art. 2(k) (with art. 3)
F12Words in s. 188(2) repealed (31.10.2016) by Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 (c. 9), s. 106(2), Sch. 1 para. 58(3)(b), Sch. 9 Pt. 1 (with Sch. 8 para. 1); S.R. 2016/387, art. 2(k)(m) (with art. 3)
189Service of documents.N.I.
In addition to the methods of service permitted by section 24 of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 [1954 c.33] , any document which is required or permitted under this Act to be served on any person, being the [F13 master, charterer or owner] of or a person employed on a boat, may be served on that person by being left at or on board that boat.
192Additional defence for persons charged with buying, etc., undersized fish.N.I.
(1)Where, under any provision of this Act, a person is charged with the offence of buying, selling, offering or exposing for sale or, as the case may be, having in his possession or having in his possession for sale [F14 any fish caught in contravention of any regulation made under section 124 or] any undersized fish, and he satisfies the court—
(a)that he had no reason to suppose that any fish dealt with by him as described in this subsection [F14 had been so caught or] were undersized fish; and
(b)that he took all reasonable precautions and exercised all due diligence to avoid the commission of such an offence by himself or by any person under his control;
(2)In subsection (1) “undersized” in relation to fish of any description means of a size less than the size prescribed with respect to fish of that description by, as the case may be, section 51(2), [F15 or 52(2)] [F16 or regulations under section 15(1)( c)(iv), [F17or] section 26(1)( f)] or an order under section 127.
F141981 NI 7
F17Words in s. 192(2) substituted (1.6.2009) by Public Authorities (Reform) Act (Northern Ireland) 2009 (c. 3), ss. 1(3)(b), 7(1), Sch. 1 Pt. 2 para. 3(40) (with Sch. 1 Pt. 1 para. 4(3)); S.R. 2009/172, art. 2(a)(b)
193Detention of offender pending return of warrant of distress.N.I.
(1)Where, upon the conviction of any person for an offence under this Act, a warrant of distress is issued, the court may order the person so convicted to be detained and kept in custody, or, if he is not present, to be arrested and kept in custody, until the day appointed for the return of the warrant of distress (being a day not later than eight days from the day on which the warrant is issued) unless he enters into a recognisance to the satisfaction of the court for his appearance before the court on that day.
(2)In this section the expression “court” means the court of summary jurisdiction before which the offender is convicted, and “warrant of distress” means a warrant of distress issued under the provisions of the Summary Jurisdiction Acts (Northern Ireland).
F82N.I.Forfeitures
195 F18Forfeiture of boat, fishing engine, etc., as statutory consequence of conviction.N.I.
(1)Subject to subsection (2), where a person is convicted of an offence under any provision of this Act, any fish illegally [F19 either] taken by him or in his possession at the time of the offence and also any boat (other than a sea-fishing boat), and any fishing engine or other thing whatsoever by means or in respect of which the offence was committed shall, as a statutory consequence of conviction, stand forfeited.
F19[(3)Where more than twenty per cent. by weight of the fish contained in any package are undersized fish, all the fish contained in that package shall, for the purposes of determining under subsection (1) whether they were illegally taken or are illegally in any person's possession, be deemed to be undersized fish.
F18Mod., 1967 c.7 (NI)
F191968 c.31 (NI)
196 F20Non-obligation of court to pronounce or record forfeiture.N.I.
F20Mod., 1967 c.7 (NI)
F21[197 F22Power of court to order forfeiture of vehicle.N.I.
(1)Where a person is convicted of an offence under any provision of this Act, application may be made, by notice under[F23 Part VII of the Magistrates' Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1981], to a court of summary jurisdiction F24..., for an order that any vehicle used by him as an aid to the commission of the offence shall be forfeited.
(3)A court shall not make an order under this section for the forfeiture of a vehicle unless, not less than fourteen days before the date of the hearing, the notice under[F23 Part VII of the said Order of 1981] has been served by the applicant—
(4)Without prejudice to subsection (3) of this section or to[F23 paragraph (4) of Article 76 of the said Order of 1981], on an application by notice under this section the court may direct that the notice be published by the applicant in such manner as the court thinks fit.
(6)Notwithstanding any limitations imposed by[F23 Article 163 of the said Order of 1981], in any proceedings in consequence of an application under this section the court may make such order as to the costs of the application and the proceedings, and the extent to which they are to be paid by any party thereto, as it thinks fit.]
F22Mod., 1967 c.7 (NI)
F231981 NI 26
F24Words in s. 197(1) repealed (31.10.2016) by Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 (c. 9), s. 106(2), Sch. 1 para. 58(4), Sch. 9 Pt. 1 (with Sch. 8 para. 1); S.R. 2016/387, art. 2(k)(m) (with art. 3)
198 F25Disposal of forfeitures.N.I.
(1)Where any thing is forfeited under this Act, [F26 and an order for its destruction is not made under section 180( b), the person by whom it was seized or any other person in whose custody it is shallF27. . . apply to the Ministry for a direction as to the disposal of that thing, and whether or not such an application is made the Ministry may direct], subject to section 199, that it be sold or otherwise disposed of in such manner as the Ministry thinks fit, or be returned to the person who appears to the Ministry to be the owner.
[F27(1AA)An application under subsection (1) shall be made—
F28[(1A)Where the Ministry proposes to direct that any thing be sold under subsection (1) or otherwise disposed of (except by returning it to a person who appears to be its owner), the Ministry shall serve notice in writing of the proposal on the person, if any, in consequence of whose conviction the thing was, or was ordered to be, forfeited, and shall also—
F25Mod., 1967 c.7 (NI)
F271991 NI 13
F281968 c.31 (NI)
199 F29Appeal from refusal of Ministry to annul forfeiture in certain cases.N.I.
(1)Without prejudice to any right of appeal from a determination or order of a court of summary jurisdiction, where any thing is forfeited under this Act, a person who claims to be entitled to possession of that thing and who is aggrieved by a refusal of the Ministry to return it to him under section 198(1) may, upon giving to the Ministry F30. . . , within fourteen days from—
F31[(a)]the date of the conviction or court order by virtue of which that thing was forfeited [F31, or
F32[(i)]the use of that thing in any manner referred to in section 180, [F33 195 or 197] was without his knowledge, connivance or consent; or
F32[(ii)]the contravention of this Act or of any statutory instrument made under this Act by reason of which the forfeiture was incurred was inadvertent or was of such a trivial or insignificant nature the that forfeiture should not be upheld.
(2)On an appeal under this section, the Ministry F34. . . shall be entitled to appear, be heard and adduce evidence before the court.
F31[(4)A person shall not be entitled to appeal under this section against the refusal of the Ministry to return to him any thing that has been forfeited under this Act if that thing was forfeited by virtue of an order made by a court under section 180 or 197 and he gave notice of appeal under[F35 Article 144 of the Magistrates' Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1981] against that order or applied for a case stated under[F35 Article 146 of that Order] in connection with it.]
F29Mod., 1967 c.7 (NI)
F30Words in s. 199(1) repealed (1.6.2009) by Public Authorities (Reform) Act (Northern Ireland) 2009 (c. 3), ss. 1(3)(b), 6, 7(1), Sch. 1 Pt. 2 para. 3(41)(a), Sch. 3 (with Sch. 1 Pt. 1 para. 4(3)); S.R. 2009/172, art. 2(b)(e)
F311968 c.31 (NI)
F321968 c.31 (NI)
F331968 c.31 (NI)
F34Words in s. 199(2) repealed (1.6.2009) by Public Authorities (Reform) Act (Northern Ireland) 2009 (c. 3), ss. 1(3)(b), 6, 7(1), Sch. 1 Pt. 2 para. 3(41)(b), Sch. 3 (with Sch. 1 Pt. 1 para. 4(3)); S.R. 2009/172, art. 2(b)(e)
F351981 NI 26
(1)If the person who is the holder of a licence issued by [F36the Department] is convicted of an offence under any provision of this Act, the court may direct the licence to be forfeited and declare that person to be disqualified for holding a licence of the same kind during such period as the court may direct, being a period not exceeding one year in the case of a first conviction and not exceeding five years in the case of a second or subsequent conviction.
(3)Where under section 74(1) of the Foyle Fisheries Act (Northern Ireland) 1952 [1952. c.5] a licence issued by the Foyle[F37, Carlingford and Irish Lights] Commission (in this section referred to as “the Commission” ) is forfeited and the person who was the holder of that licence is declared to be disqualified for holding a licence of the Commission during a specified period, then, as a statutory consequence of such forfeiture and disqualification,—
(a)any corresponding licence issued by [F36the Department] which is held by that person shall stand forfeited; and
(b)that person shall be disqualified for holding such a licence of [F36the Department] during the same period as he is disqualified for holding a licence of the Commission.
(5)Where a person is convicted by a court of an offence against this Act or against the Foyle Fisheries Acts, the clerk of the court shall, as soon as may be, in either case forward to each of [F36the Department] and the Commission a duly authenticated certificate of the conviction,F38. . . .
(6)In this section “licence” , in relation to a licence of [F36the Department], means a fishing licence or a dealer's licence, and for the purposes of this section [F39[F40regulations]may specify the classes of fishing licence which are to be deemed to be licences of the same kind].
F36S. 200(1)(3)(5)(6): words in Act substituted (1.6.2009) by Public Authorities (Reform) Act (Northern Ireland) 2009 (c. 3), ss. 1(3)(b), 7(1), Sch. 1 Pt. 2 para. 3(1)(a) (with Sch. 1 Pt. 1 para. 4(3)); S.R. 2009/172, art. 2(a)(b)
F37SI 1999/859
F40S. 200(6): word in Act substituted (1.6.2009) by Public Authorities (Reform) Act (Northern Ireland) 2009 (c. 3), ss. 1(3)(b), 7(1), Sch. 1 Pt. 2 para. 3(1)(c) (with Sch. 1 Pt. 1 para. 4(3)); S.R. 2009/172, art. 2(a)(b)
F82N.I.Penalties
201Penalties for offences.N.I.
(1 )F41A person who commits an offence under any provision of this Act for which a penalty is not provided by any provision of this Act other than this section shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding [F42 £500].
(2)F43. . . the Ministry may prescribe lower penalties for breach of a particular regulation, than the penalty provided under subsection (1), and that subsection shall, in any such case, be construed as if such lower penalties were substituted for that so provided.
F41Mod., 1967 c.7 (NI)
F43Words in s. 201(2) repealed (1.6.2009) by Public Authorities (Reform) Act (Northern Ireland) 2009 (c. 3), ss. 1(3)(b), 6, 7(1), Sch. 1 Pt. 2 para. 3(42), Sch. 3 (with Sch. 1 Pt. 1 para. 4(3)); S.R. 2009/172, art. 2(b)(e)
202Continuing offences.N.I.
(1)Where a person is convicted of an offence under any provision of this Act and the contravention in respect of which he was convicted is continued after the conviction, he shall be guilty of a further offence and, subject to subsections (3) and (4), shall be liable on summary conviction, in addition to any other penalty, to a fine not exceeding [F44 £50] for each day on which the contravention is so continued.
(3)In the application of this section in relation to an offence under section 73 [F45 74 or 79], subsection (1) shall have effect as if for the [F45 word “50”] there were substituted the [F45 word “ 200 ”].
Subs.(4) rep. by 1981 NI 7
F441981 NI 7
203Disposal of fines.N.I.
(1)Every fine imposed for an offence under any provision of this Act, other than an offence under Part VIII or IX or under any other such provision in its application to sea-fisheries, shall, notwithstanding any other enactment, be paid—
(a)if the offence was committed in the Londonderry Area [F46or the Newry Area], in like manner as is provided by section 77 of the Foyle Fisheries Act (Northern Ireland) 1952 [1952 c.5] with respect to fines imposed for offences under that Act; and
(b)in any other case, subject to subsection (2), to [F47the Department] .
(2)When a fine has been imposed for an offence under any provision of this Act in a case to which subsection (1)( b) applies, and a member of the Royal Ulster Constabulary was the means of bringing to justice the person by whom the offence was committed, and the court imposing the fine so certifies, then—
(a)one-third of the fine shall be paid to the Ministry of Home AffairsF48 and shall be appropriated in aid of the moneys provided by [F49 the Parliament of the United Kingdom] for defraying the costs, charges and expenses of the said Constabulary; and
(b)the remainder of the fine shall be paid to [F47the Department] .
F46Words in s. 203(1)(a) inserted (1.6.2008) by Foyle and Carlingford Fisheries (Northern Ireland) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/915 (N.I. 9)), arts. 1(3), 34(1), Sch. 2 para. 2(12) (with art. 32); S.R. 2008/232, art. 2, Sch.
F47S. 203(1)(2): words in Act substituted (1.6.2009) by Public Authorities (Reform) Act (Northern Ireland) 2009 (c. 3), ss. 1(3)(b), 7(1), Sch. 1 Pt. 2 para. 3(1)(a) (with Sch. 1 Pt. 1 para. 4(3)); S.R. 2009/172, art. 2(a)(b)
F48Now S of S, SI 1973/2163
F82N.I.Evidence
F50 Without prejudice to[F51 Article 7 of the Departments (Northern Ireland) Order 1999], in any proceedings, a document purporting to be a copy of any document or instrument in writing, being a document or instrument made or issued (whether before or after the passing of this Act) under the Fisheries Acts or this Act, but not being a statutory rule to which [F52 Article 9 of the Statutory Rules (Northern Ireland) Order 1979 [1979 NI 12] ] applies, shall if it is certified to be a true copy—
(a)in the case of a document or instrument made or issued or deemed to be made or issued by the [F53Foyle, Carlingford and Irish Lights Commission] , under the seal of the [F53Foyle, Carlingford and Irish Lights Commission] ; or
F50Mod., 1967 c.7 (NI)
F511999 NI 1
F521979 NI 12
F53Words in s. 204(a) substituted (1.6.2009) by Public Authorities (Reform) Act (Northern Ireland) 2009 (c. 3), ss. 1(3)(b), 7(1), Sch. 1 Pt. 2 para. 3(43) (with Sch. 1 Pt. 1 para. 4(3)); S.R. 2009/172, art. 2(a)(b)
(1)Where under this Act the Ministry is F54. . . authorised to recover from any person the expenses of any work,—
(a)the Ministry F54. . . may certify the amount of those expenses; and
(b)the amount so certified shall be recoverable by the Ministry F54. . . as a debt due to it F54. . . , and, without prejudice to any right of the Ministry F54. . . to sue in the High Court for the recovery thereof, shall be recoverable in the county court by civil bill or summarily as a civil debt.
(2)Where, in pursuance of subsection (1), an action is taken by the Ministry F55. . . in the county court for the recovery of the amount of any expenses, the court shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine the action notwithstanding that, by reason of the extent of the claim or otherwise, the case would not, but for this provision, be within the jurisdiction of a county court.
(3)A certificate under subsection (1) shall be prima facie evidence of the amount of the expenses stated therein and of the liability of the person named therein to pay that amount and of the right of the Ministry F56. . . to recover that amount.
F54Words in s. 205(1) repealed (1.6.2009) by Public Authorities (Reform) Act (Northern Ireland) 2009 (c. 3), ss. 1(3)(b), 6, 7(1), Sch. 1 Pt. 2 para. 3(44)(a), Sch. 3 (with Sch. 1 Pt. 1 para. 4(3)); S.R. 2009/172, art. 2(b)(e)
F55Words in s. 205(2) repealed (1.6.2009) by Public Authorities (Reform) Act (Northern Ireland) 2009 (c. 3), ss. 1(3)(b), 6, 7(1), Sch. 1 Pt. 2 para. 3(44)(b), Sch. 3 (with Sch. 1 Pt. 1 para. 4(3)); S.R. 2009/172, art. 2(b)(e)
F56Words in s. 205(3) repealed (1.6.2009) by Public Authorities (Reform) Act (Northern Ireland) 2009 (c. 3), ss. 1(3)(b), 6, 7(1), Sch. 1 Pt. 2 para. 3(44)(c), Sch. 3 (with Sch. 1 Pt. 1 para. 4(3)); S.R. 2009/172, art. 2(b)(e)
F82N.I.Interpretation
206 F57Interpretation.N.I.
[F58“the Appeals Commission” has the meaning given in section 11A(3);]
[F60 “bring to land” in relation to fish includes bringing the fish within the limits of a harbour;]
[F61 “brown eels” means eels other than silver eels;]
“dam” means a dam, weir, dyke, sluice, embankment or structure built or placed in or in connection with any river for or in connection with the sustaining of water for any purpose [F61 but does not include an embankment erected solely to prevent erosion of the banks of the river or to protect adjacent lands from flooding];
[F60 “fish farm” shall be construed in accordance with section 10;]
“fishing licence” means a fishing licence [F62, except in sections 41, 45 and 179,] issued by [F63the Department] under Part III;
any net, implement, engine or device fixed to the soil or secured by anchors or held by hand or made stationary in any other way and used solely for the purpose of taking or facilitating the taking of fish, not being a fishing weir, or a rod and line (however used)[F58 or a handline];
“licensee”, in relation to [F64 a shell-fish fishery licence] means the person for the time being entitled to that licence;
[F65“Northern Ireland zone” has the same meaning as in the Northern Ireland Act 1998;]
[F66“the Newry Area” has the meaning given to it by section 2(1) of the Foyle Fisheries (Northern Ireland) Act 1952;]
[F61 “package” includes any tank or other container;]
“private water bailiff” means a water bailiff appointed under section …F67 170;
[F60 “shell-fish fishery licence” means a licence granted under section 131 and includes a licence which is deemed to be such a licence by virtue of paragraph 2 of Schedule 3 to the Fisheries Amendment (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 [1981 NI 7] ;]
[F61 “silver eels” means physiologically maturing eels in spawning livery;]
“waters” includes any river, lake, watercourse or estuary or any part of the sea[F65 within the Northern Ireland zone];
(3)Where an order under section 16 defines the mouth of a river, the mouth of a tributary river, the boundary between the tidal and freshwater portions of a river, the point or points to or from which distances are to be measured …F68 any areas within which it is prohibited to use or practice certain methods of fishing, [F61 or the boundary at sea between so much of[F65 the Northern Ireland zone] as is within, and so much thereof as is without, the Londonderry Area,] such mouth, boundary, point or points, or areas shall for all purposes of and all proceedings under this Act be as so defined for the time being.
(5)Subject to section 127(11), references in any provision of this Act which relates to the buying, selling, offering or exposing for sale or having possession of fish of any kind to fish of that kind shall not be construed as including references to fish of that kind which have been[F58 preserved by drying, smoking, cooking or canning].
F61[(5A)References in section 111 …F67 to the buying, selling, offering or exposing for sale or having possession for sale, or possession, of fish of any kind during any particular period shall not be construed as including references to the buying, selling, offering or exposing for sale or having possession for sale, or possession, of fish of that kind which have been lawfully taken or killed outside that period and preserved by freezing.]
F57Mod., 1967 c.7 (NI)
F59S. 206(1): definitions of "the Board", "byelaws" and "financial year" repealed (1.6.2009) by Public Authorities (Reform) Act (Northern Ireland) 2009 (c. 3), ss. 1(3)(b), 6, 7(1), Sch. 1 Pt. 2 para. 3(45), Sch. 3 (with Sch. 1 Pt. 1 para. 4(3)); S.R. 2009/172, art. 2(b)(e)
F601981 NI 7
F611968 c.31 (NI)
F62Words in s. 206(1) in definition of "fishing licence" inserted (1.6.2008) by Foyle and Carlingford Fisheries (Northern Ireland) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/915 (N.I. 9)), arts. 1(3), 34(1), Sch. 2 para. 2(13) (with art. 32); S.R. 2008/232, art. 2, Sch.
F63S. 206(1): words in Act substituted (1.6.2009) by Public Authorities (Reform) Act (Northern Ireland) 2009 (c. 3), ss. 1(3)(b), 7(1), Sch. 1 Pt. 2 para. 3(1)(a) (with Sch. 1 Pt. 1 para. 4(3)); S.R. 2009/172, art. 2(a)(b)
F641981 NI 7
F65SI 2002/790
F66SI 1999/859
F671981 NI 7
F681968 c.31 (NI)
(2)The provisions to which subsection (1) applies shall not include any provision of Part III …F69.
F691968 c.31 (NI)
F82N.I.Saving
[F70208Saving for right of owner to take materials from streamsN.I.
F702001 c. 4 (NI)
F82N.I.Transitional
209Transitional provisions.N.I.
Without prejudice to the provisions of section 29 of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 [1954 c.33] F71. . .
(a)any statutory instrument made under the Fisheries Acts or any other enactment repealed by this Act in relation to any matter with respect to which an instrument may be made by the Ministry under any provision of this Act and in force immediately before the commencement of that provision shall thereafter continue in force and be deemed to be an instrument made under that provision;
(b)any statutory instrument made under the Fisheries Acts in relation to any matter with respect to which [F72regulations] may be made under section 26 and in force immediately before the commencement of Part II shall thereafter continue in force and shall be deemed to be [F72regulations] ;
(c)any thing prescribed under any provision of the Fisheries Acts otherwise than by a statutory instrument and standing unrevoked immediately before the commencement of any provision of this Act corresponding to the first-mentioned provision shall be deemed to have been prescribed under that provision of this Act;
(d)any enactment referring to a board of conservators or the district of such a board shall, so far as applicable, be construed as referring to [F73the Department] and to any area within which [F73the Department] are authorised by this Act to exercise their functions;
(e)any proceedings taken in respect of a contravention of any provision of the Fisheries Acts or any other enactment, being an enactment repealed by this Act, or any statutory instrument made under those Acts or any such enactment, shall be prosecuted and continued under the corresponding provision of this Act, and in relation to those proceedings that corresponding provision shall have effect as if for the penalties provided for a contravention thereof there were substituted the penalties provided for a contravention of the first-mentioned provision.
F711983 NI 21
F72S. 209(b): words in Act substituted (1.6.2009) by Public Authorities (Reform) Act (Northern Ireland) 2009 (c. 3), ss. 1(3)(b), 7(1), Sch. 1 Pt. 2 para. 3(1)(c) (with Sch. 1 Pt. 1 para. 4(3)); S.R. 2009/172, art. 2(a)(b)
F73S. 209(d): words in Act substituted (1.6.2009) by Public Authorities (Reform) Act (Northern Ireland) 2009 (c. 3), ss. 1(3)(b), 7(1), Sch. 1 Pt. 2 para. 3(1)(a) (with Sch. 1 Pt. 1 para. 4(3)); S.R. 2009/172, art. 2(a)(b)
F82N.I.General
(1)Without prejudice to any other provision of this Act the following provisions shall not (except in so far as any of them have effect with respect to sea-fisheries) apply to the Londonderry Area[F74 or the Newry Area], that is to say,—
sections [F7514] to 16, Parts II and III [F76 (except section 45),] sections 46 to 50, 62 to 73 and 78 to 88, Part VI, and sections 110, 111, 120(5), 160, 161, 170[F77, 170A and 171] to 174,[F77 175(2),] [F78 176 to[F77 179 and 180 to] 181 and 197].
[F79(1B)In subsection (1), the reference to sea-fisheries does not include a reference to tope, sea bass, mussel or oyster fisheries.]
(2)In the application of this Act to the Londonderry Area[F74 or the Newry Area]
[F80(a)references to the Department in sections 45, 55(2), 112(6)(c), 113(3)(a), 114(1), 115(1), 116, 118(2), 119, 120(1)(a) and (6), 166(1)(b), 168(1), 175(2), 182(b), 183(1)(b), 185A, 186(2) and (3), 199(1) and (2), 200(1) and (6), 201(2), 205 and 209(d) shall be construed as references to the Foyle, Carlingford and Irish Lights Commission;
[F81(2A)Where the Commission fails to exercise any of its functions under section 55(2), the Department may exercise that function in its place.]
(3)The Ministry shall consult with the Foyle[F74, Carlingford and Irish Lights] Commission before—
(a)commencing to develop or improve any waters in the Londonderry Area[F74 or the Newry Area] for angling, under section 2 or 3; or
F75Word in s. 212(1) substituted (1.6.2008) by Foyle and Carlingford Fisheries (Northern Ireland) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/915 (N.I. 9)), arts. 1(3), 34(1), Sch. 2 para. 2(14)(a) (with art. 32); S.R. 2008/232, art. 2, Sch.
F761968 c.31 (NI)
F771991 NI 13
F781968 c.31 (NI)
F79S. 212(1B) inserted (1.6.2008) by Foyle and Carlingford Fisheries (Northern Ireland) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/915 (N.I. 9)), arts. 1(3), 34(1), Sch. 2 para. 2(14)(b) (with art. 32); S.R. 2008/232, art. 2, Sch.
F80S. 212(2)(a)(b) substituted (1.6.2009) by Public Authorities (Reform) Act (Northern Ireland) 2009 (c. 3), ss. 1(3)(b), 7(1), Sch. 1 Pt. 2 para. 3(46) (with Sch. 1 Pt. 1 para. 4(3)); S.R. 2009/172, art. 2(a)(b)
F81S. 212(2A) inserted (1.6.2009) by Public Authorities (Reform) Act (Northern Ireland) 2009 (c. 3), ss. 1(3)(b), 7(1), Sch. 1 Pt. 2 para. 3(47) (with Sch. 1 Pt. 1 para. 4(3)); S.R. 2009/172, art. 2(a)(b)