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Foyle Area (Licensing of Fishing Engines) (Amendment) Regulations 1999

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Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland

1999 No. 45

Fisheries

Foyle Area (Licensing of Fishing Engines) (Amendment) Regulations 1999

Made

27th January 1999

Coming into operation

1st March 1999

The Foyle Fisheries Commission in exercise of its powers under section 13(1) and (2) of the Foyle Fisheries Act 1952(1), and section 13(1) and (2) of the Foyle Fisheries Act (Northern Ireland) 1952(2), with the approval of the Minister for the Marine and Natural Resources in the Republic of Ireland(3) and of the Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland(4), hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Foyle Area (Licensing of Fishing Engines) (Amendment) Regulations 1999 and shall come into operation on 1st March 1999.

Amendment to the Foyle Area (Licensing of Fishing Engines) Regulations 1976

2.  There shall be substituted for the Schedule to the Foyle Area (Licensing of Fishing Engines) Regulations 1976(5), the following Schedule:—

Schedule

Part I

Description of Fishing EngineFishing Licence Fee
£
Draft Net used wholly or partly in the tidal waters of the River Foyle between the confluence of the Rivers Mourne and Finn and an imaginary straight line drawn across the River Foyle to join the points where the southernmost boundary of the County of Londonderry meets the river on each side196·00
Draft Net used wholly or partly in the River Roe upstream of the defined mouth207·00

Draft Net used wholly in the waters of the Foyle Area elsewhere than in

(a)

the tidal waters of the River Foyle between the confluence of the Rivers Mourne and Finn and an imaginary straight line drawn across the River Foyle to join the points where the southernmost boundary of the County of Londonderry meets the river on each side; or

(b)

the River Roe upstream of the defined mouth

159·00
Drift Net used wholly to seaward of Lough Foyle (the seaward limit of which, for the purpose of these Regulations, shall be deemed to be an imaginary straight line drawn between Greencastle Fort in the County of Donegal and the Martello Tower at Magilligan Point in the County of Londonderry)276·00
Drift Net used wholly in Lough Foyle, south of the seaward limit of Lough Foyle as aforesaid276·00
Drift Net used wholly in Lough Foyle, or partly in the said Lough Foyle and partly seaward of the seaward limit of Lough Foyle as foresaid302·00

Part II

Description of Fishing EngineFishing Licence Fee
£
Stake Net636·00
Bag Net382·00
Fixed Draft Net408·00

Part III

Description of Fishing EngineFishing Licence Fee
£
Season Game Fishing Rod and Line20·00
Fourteen Day Game Fishing Rod and Line15·00
One Day Game Fishing Rod and Line4·00
Season Game Fishing Rod and Line to be used by persons under the age of eighteen10·00
Season Game Fishing Rod and Line provided applicant can produce at the time of application a season game fishing rod licence for the time being in force and issued by the Fisheries Conservancy Board for Northern Ireland or a salmon rod (annual) ordinary licence for the time being in force and issued under section 67 of the Fisheries (Consolidation) Act 1959(6) or a salmon rod (annual) (district) ordinary licence, for the time being in force and issued under section 16 of the Fisheries (Amendment) Act 1991(7)16·50

Revocation

3.  The Foyle Area (Licensing of Fishing Engines) (Amendment) Regulations 1995(8) are hereby revoked.

Given under the common Seal of the Foyle Fisheries Commission on

L.S.

M. Mullan

Member of the Commission appointed by the Minister for the Marine and Natural Resources.

27th January 1999.

L.S.

J. S. Allister

Member of the Commission appointed by the

Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland

The Minister for the Marine and Natural Resources hereby approves the foregoing Regulations.

The Department of Agriculture hereby approves the foregoing Regulations.

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Minister for the Marine and Natural Resources on

L.S.

E. Kennedy

A person authorised by the Minister for the Marine and Natural Resources to authenticate the Official Seal of the Minister.

28th January 1999.

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture on

L.S.

G. Lavery

Assistant Secretary

Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland

3rd February 1999.

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations.)

These Regulations amend the Foyle Area (Licensing of Fishing Engines) Regulations 1976 by increasing the licence fees payable in 1999 in respect of each type of game fishing licence issued in the Folye Area by the following amounts:

19961999Increase
£££
Draft Net used in certain tidal waters on the River Foyle196·00196·00Nil
Draft Net used in the River Roe upstream of the defined mouth207·00207·00Nil
Draft Net used in the Foyle Area other than in certain tidal waters of the Rivers Foyle and Roe159·00159·00Nil
Drift Net used only at sea276·00276·00Nil
Drift Net used only in Lough Foyle276·00276·00Nil
Drift Net used in Lough and sea302·00302·00Nil
Stake Net used in Lough and sea636·00636·00Nil
Bag Net used in Lough and sea382·00382·00Nil
Fixed Draft Net used in Lough and sea408·00408·00Nil
Season Game Fishing Rod and Line18·0020·002·00
14 Day Game Fishing Rod and Line12·2015·002·80
One Day Game Fishing Rod and Line3·204·000·80
Season Game Fishing Rod and Line to be used by persons under the age of eighteen9·0010·001·00
Season Game Fishing Rod and Line provided applicant holds a season game fishing rod licence for the time being in force and issued by the Fisheries Conservancy Board for Northern Ireland or a salmon rod (annual) ordinary licence for the time being in force and issued under section 67 of the Fisheries (Consolidation) Act 1959 in the Republic of Ireland or a salmon rod (annual) (district) ordinary licence for the time being in force and issued under section 16 of the Fisheries (Amendment) Act 1991 in the Republic of Ireland.14·2516·502·25
(1)

No. 5 of 1952 (Republic of Ireland)

(3)

1962 c. 5 (N.I.) section 2(2)

(4)

S.R. & O. (N.I.) 1963 No. 29 Article 2(2) and Schedule Part II

(6)

No. 14 of 1959 (Republic of Ireland) as amended by No. 32 of 1987 (Republic of Ireland)

(7)

No. 26 of 1991 (Republic of Ireland)

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