PART VREGULATION OF FISHING FOR SALMON, EELS AND FRESHWATER FISH
Other provisions
88Taking salmon or trout unlawfully killed or found dead.
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;
shall be guilty of an offence.
2
Subsection (1) shall not apply to any of the following persons—
a
any person acting under the authority of the Ministry; or
b
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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
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any private water bailiff appointed to protect those waters.
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.