Fisheries (Amendment) Byelaws (Northern Ireland) 2008

Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland

2008 No. 318

Fisheries

Fisheries (Amendment) Byelaws (Northern Ireland) 2008

Made

24th July 2008

Coming into operation

15th September 2008

The Fisheries Conservancy Board for Northern Ireland, makes the following Byelaws, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by section 26(1) of the Fisheries Act (Northern Ireland) 1966(1), and with the approval of the Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure(2):

Citation and commencement

1.  These Byelaws may be cited as the Fisheries (Amendment) Byelaws (Northern Ireland) 2008 and shall come into operation on 15th September 2008.

Amendment of the Fisheries Byelaws (Northern Ireland) 2003

2.  The Fisheries Byelaws (Northern Ireland) 2003(3) shall be amended as provided in Byelaw 3.

Restrictions on numbers of pike to be taken by angling

3.  In Byelaw 72(a), for “2” substitute “1”.

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Fisheries Conservancy Board on 3rd July 2008.

Dr. R. Hanna

Chairman

K. A. Simpson (Mrs)

Secretary

The Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure hereby approves the foregoing Byelaws.

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure on 24th July 2008.

H. Campbell

A senior officer of the Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Byelaws)

These Byelaws amend the Fisheries Byelaws (Northern Ireland) 2003.

The Byelaws now require any person who takes a pike in excess of one on any day whilst angling, to return it immediately to the water from which it was taken without avoidable injury (Byelaw 3).

(1)

1966 c. 17 (N.I.); section 26(1) was amended by Article 8 (3) of the Fisheries (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 1991 (S.I.1991/1466 (N.I. 13)) and by section 5 of the Fisheries (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 2001 (2001 c. 4 (N.I)); section 37 was substituted by section 1 of, and Schedule 1 to, the Fisheries (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 1968 (1968 c. 31 (N.I.)) and was amended by Article 9 of the Fisheries (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 1991 and by section 6 of the Fisheries (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 2001; sections 51(2), 52(2) and 72(1) were amended by S.R. 1983 No. 100; sections 114(1) (b) and 115 (1)(b) were amended by paragraph 5 of Schedule 3 to the Fisheries (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 1991

(2)

Functions transferred by virtue of S.R. 1999 No. 481 Article 3 and Schedule 1

(3)

S.R. 2003 No. 525 as amended by S.R. 2004 No. 504, by S.R. 2005 No. 548, by S.R. 2006 No. 517 and by S.R. 2007 No. 471