(1)No person, other than a person to whom subsection (2) applies, shall—
F1[(a)]use any fishing engine (other than a rod and line)[F2 from any position on a dam or] at any place within[F3 200 metres] above or below any dam; [F1 or
(b)use a rod and line from any position on or within[F3 5 metres][F2 or such other distance as may be prescribed by [F4regulations]] above or below any dam].
(2)Subsection (1) shall not apply to any person who is for the time being the owner of a several fishery in any place referred to in that subsection, and who is a successor in title of any other person who had exercised in that place the right of taking fish during the period of twenty years immediately preceding 14th August 1850 [F1; and paragraph ( b) of that subsection shall not apply in any case or class of case in which it is excluded (either absolutely or upon the observance of prescribed conditions) by [F4regulations].]
(3)If any person contravenes subsection (1) he shall be guilty of an offence, …F5.
F3SR 1983/100
F4S. 56(1)(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)