Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries Act 1975

Net etc. licences for salmon and trout fishingE+W

[X19E+WA person shall be treated for the purposes of section 25(3) above as the duly authorised servant or agent of the holder of a licence to use an instrument of any description only in the following cases—

(a)in an area in which there is in force an order under section 26 above limiting the number of licences for fishing with instruments of that description, if his name and address are entered on the licence in accordance with the following provisions of this Schedule and he is not the holder of another licence to use an instrument of that description in that area;

(b)in any other area, if his name and address are so entered or when using the instrument to which the licence relates he is accompanied by the licensee; or

(c)in the case of any area, if the water authority direct that owing to special circumstances he is to be so treated.]

[F19(1)A person who uses [F2 any licensable means of fishing ] for fishing in an area in relation to which an order under section 26 above limiting the number of licences for fishing [F3 by that means ] is in force shall not be treated for the purposes of section 25(3) above as the duly authorised servant or agent of any holder of a licence to use [F4 that means of fishing ] unless, at the time that person uses [F5 that means of fishing ]—E+W

(a)his name and address are entered on the licence in accordance with the following provisions of this Schedule; and

(b)he is not himself the holder of a licence to use [F6 that means of fishing ] in that area; and

(c)he is accompanied by the licensee or has the [F7consent of the appropriate agency to] his use of [F8 that means of fishing ] in the absence of the licensee.

(2)A person who uses [F9 any licensable means of fishing ] for fishing in an area in which no such order as is mentioned in sub-paragraph (1) above is in force shall not be treated for the purposes of section 25(3) above as the duly authorised servant or agent of any holder of a licence to use [F10 that means of fishing ] unless, at the time that person uses [F11 that means of fishing ]—

(a)his name and address are entered on the licence in accordance with the following provisions of this Schedule; or

(b)he is accompanied by the licensee; or

(c)he has the [F12consent of the appropriate agency to] his use of [F13 that means of fishing ] otherwise than where there is compliance with paragraph (a) or (b) above.

(3)[F14The consent of the appropriate agency] shall not be given under this paragraph except—

(a)in the case of a consent for the purposes of subparagraph (1)(c) above, in relation to a period which [F15appears to the appropriate agency to be] a period throughout which the licensee will be unable through illness or injury to accompany his servant or agent;

(b)in the case of a consent for the purposes of subparagraph (2)(c) above, where the giving of the consent [F16appears to the appropriate agency to be] required by the special circumstances of the case.]

10E+WThe name and address of a servant or agent may be entered on[F17 or removed from ] a licence by an [F18employee of the appropriate agency authorised] to do so or by the licensee or an agent who has been appointed by the licensee to act for the purposes of this paragraph and whose appointment, together with his name and address, has been notified to [F19the appropriate agency].

11E+WThe date of entry in the licence shall be stated in the licence at the time of the making of the entry, and within twenty-four hours of the making of an entry by a licensee or his agent a copy shall be sent to [F20the appropriate agency], F21....

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13E+WThe number of servants or agents whose names may at any time be entered on a licence shall not exceed twice the number of persons who in the [F23opinion of the appropriate agency are required] to work at one time [F24 the means of fishing ] to which the licence relates or, where the applicant for the licence [F25notifies the appropriate agency at the time] of the application that he proposes to take part in working [F24 the means of fishing ], one less than twice that number.

14E+WAny person who, with intent to deceive, enters on a licence more names than are permitted by paragraph 13 above or states falsely the date of entry in a licence is guilty of an offence.