212 Compensation in respect of certain fisheries byelaws.E+W
(1)Where—
(a)the owner or occupier of any fishery by notice to the [F1appropriate agency] claims that the fishery is injuriously affected by a byelaw made for any of the purposes specified in subsection (2) below; and
(b)that claim is made at any time before the end of twelve months after the confirmation of the byelaw,
[F2the [F1appropriate agency] may pay that person such amount by way of compensation as it considers appropriate. ]
(2)The purposes mentioned in subsection (1)(a) above are the following purposes specified in paragraph 6(2) of Schedule 25 to this Act, that is to say—
(a)prohibiting the use for taking [F3any fish to which paragraph 6 of that Schedule applies] of any instrument F4... in such waters and at such times as are prescribed by the byelaw;
(b)specifying the nets and other instruments F5... which may be used for taking [F6 any such fish] and imposing requirements as to the use of such nets and other instruments;
(c)imposing requirements as to the construction, design, material and dimensions of any such nets or instruments, including in the case of nets the size of mesh.
F7(3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(4)Expressions used in this section and in the Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries Act 1975 have the same meanings in this section as in that Act.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in ss. 210-216 substituted (1.4.2013) by The Natural Resources Body for Wales (Functions) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/755), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 303 (with Sch. 7)
F2Words in s. 212(1) substituted (12.1.2010) by Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c. 23), ss. 227(2), 324(3); S.I. 2009/3345, art. 2, Sch. para. 14
F3Words in s. 212(2)(a) substituted (12.1.2010) by Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c. 23), s. 324(3), Sch. 16 para. 23(2)(a)(i); S.I. 2009/3345, art. 2, Sch. para. 15(i)
F4Words in s. 212(2)(a) repealed (12.1.2010) by Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c. 23), s. 324(3), Sch. 16 para. 23(2)(a)(ii), Sch. 22 Pt. 5(B); S.I. 2009/3345, art. 2, Sch. paras. 15(i), 27(b)
F5Words in s. 212(2)(b) repealed (12.1.2010) by Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c. 23), s. 324(3), Sch. 16 para. 23(2)(b)(i), Sch. 22 Pt. 5(B); S.I. 2009/3345, art. 2, Sch. paras. 15(i), 27(b)
F6Words in s. 212(2)(b) substituted (12.1.2010) by Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c. 23), s. 324(3), Sch. 16 para. 23(2)(b)(ii); S.I. 2009/3345, art. 2, Sch. para. 15(i)
F7S. 212(3) repealed (12.1.2010) by Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c. 23), ss. 227(3), 324(3), Sch. 22 Pt. 5(B); S.I. 2009/3345, art. 2, Sch. paras. 14, 27(b)