Fish Industry Act (Northern Ireland) 1972

1 F1Grants in relation to fish farming.N.I.

(1)The Ministry may in accordance with a scheme make, to any person carrying on or proposing to carry on the business of fish farming, a grantF2. . . towards the approved expenditure incurred by that person for the purposes of that business and, in particular,—

(a)for the purpose of carrying out any excavations in connection with that business; or

(b)for the purpose of—

(i)providing any buildings, roads, water supply, cool or cold storage facilities or other fixed equipment or facilities, or

F3[(ii)forming or developing a shell-fish fishery, or]

(iii)providing boats and equipment for use with such boats,

for use in connection with that business.

(2)For the purposes of this section, the business of fish farming means an undertaking involving the hatching, breeding, rearing, harvesting or marketing of fish for the purposes of sport or human consumption for which a fish culture licence is in force under section 11 of the Fisheries Act (Northern Ireland) 1966 [1966 c.17] .

F1functions transf. by SR 2003/163