Fisheries Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014

General

4.—(1) Subject to regulation 14 (revocation of, or refusal to issue or renew a fishing licence), the Department may issue a fishing licence authorising any person to fish for, take or kill –

(a) salmon;

(b) freshwater fish;

(c) coarse fish;

(d) eels;

(e) any combination of the above.

(2) A licence issued under paragraph (1) may authorise the holder to fish for, take or kill the fish to which the licence relates by means of –

(a) any fishing engine;

(b) a rod and line or hand line;

(c) a bait net;

(d) a draft net;

(e) a single wall set net;

(f) a trammel net.

(3) A licence issued under paragraph (1) may authorise the holder to fish for, take or kill the fish to which the licence relates in –

(a) fresh water;

(b) the sea and tidal waters; or

(c) both.

(4) A licence issued under paragraph (1) shall have effect for –

(a) the calendar year of issue;

(b) fourteen days; or

(c) three days.

(5) A licence issued under paragraph (1) shall be subject to the following conditions –

(a) the licence is valid only if signed by the distributor and, in the case of an angling licence, the licence-holder;

(b) the licence is valid only if the actual date and time that the licence is issued are entered thereon;

(c) the licence is valid only if the surname, all forenames and the date of birth of the licence-holder are entered thereon;

(d) the licence is issued subject to the provisions contained in the Act and in Regulations made under the Act.

(6) Paragraph (5)(a), in so far as it requires the signature of a distributor, shall not apply in the case of a concessionary season fishing rod licence licence issued to a disabled angler.

(7) A licence issued under paragraph (1) for angling shall be in the form set out in Schedule 1, and a licence issued under paragraph (1) for commercial fishing shall be in the form set out in Schedule 2.

(8) A licence issued under paragraph (1) may be altered at any time by the Department by notice in writing served on the holder.

(9) Subject to regulation 14, a licence issued under paragraph (1) may be renewed on application made to the Department.