Fisheries Act (Northern Ireland) 1966 (c. 17)

PART IV N.I. PROTECTION OF FISHERIES

N.I. Protection of young and breeding fish

52 Taking undersized pollen. N.I.

(1) Any person who wilfully takes, kills or destroys, or who buys, sells, offers or exposes for sale, or has in his custody or possession any undersized pollen shall be guilty of an offence.

(2) In this section the expression “undersized pollen” means pollen of a length less than that prescribed by [F1 regulations], or, if no length is so prescribed, of a length less than[F2 19 centimetres] measured from the tip of the snout to the fork or cleft of the tail.

F1 S. 52(2): 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)

F2 SR 1983/100