http://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1966/17/section/85Fisheries Act (Northern Ireland) 1966An Act to extend the functions of the Ministry of Agriculture in relation to fisheries and to make provision for the development and improvement of fisheries by, or with the assistance of, that Ministry; to establish the Fisheries Conservancy Board for Northern Ireland, and to define their functions; to provide for the transfer to that Board of the property, rights and liabilities of, and to dissolve, the existing boards of conservators; to consolidate with amendments the Fisheries Acts (Northern Ireland) 1842 to 1954 and certain other enactments relating to fisheries; otherwise to amend the law with respect to fisheries; and for purposes connected with those matters.texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2021-04-29Expert Participation2020-12-31 PART V851The following rules shall be observed in relation to the construction and use of boxes in salmon weirs:—athe surface of the floor of the box shall be level with the natural bed of the river;bthe inscales and the heck of the box shall be capable of being removed and opened up;cthe bars of the heck of the box shall be placed perpendicularly;dthe inscales and the heck of the box shall be so constructed that no bar or part of a bar is nearer to any other bar or part of a bar than such distance as may be prescribed by regulations , or if no distance is prescribed, a distance of 5.1 centimetres;ethe box shall not be built over or in any other manner hidden from public inspection.2If any person constructs or uses any box in a salmon weir in contravention of subsection (1), he shall be guilty of an offence ….3If any box in a salmon weir is constructed in contravention of this section,. . . the Ministry may cause the parts of that box which do not comply with the requirements of this section to be removed, and may recover from the occupier of the weir any expenses reasonably incurred in so doing.S. 85(1)(d): 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1 Pt. 2 para. 3(1)(c) (with Sch. 1 Pt. 1 para. 4(3)); S.R. 2009/172, art. 2(a)(b)SR 1983/1001981 NI 7Words in s. 85(3) repealed (1.6.2009) by virtue of Public Authorities (Reform) Act (Northern Ireland) 2009 (c. 3), ss. 1(3)(b), 6, 7(1), Sch. 1 Pt. 2 para. 3(21), Sch. 3 (with Sch. 1 Pt. 1 para. 4(3)); S.R. 2009/172, art. 2(b)(e)