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(1)[F1 Subject to this section ]A water authority may [F2in relation to any such area or areas as are specified in the order,] by order confirmed by [F3 the appropriate national authority ]—
(a)limit for a period not exceeding ten years from the coming into operation of the order the number of fishing licences [F4 of any description to be issued pursuant to section 25 above in any year in relation to that area or those areas ]; and
(b)provide for the selection of the applicants to whom such licences are to be issued where the number of applications exceeds the number of licences which may be granted.
[F5(1A)The Agency may only make an order under subsection (1) above in relation to licences for fishing for fish of any description if it is satisfied that it is necessary to do so for the purposes of—
(a)maintaining, improving or developing fisheries of any fish referred to in section 25(1) above; or
(b)protecting the marine or aquatic environment from significant harm.
(1B)The Agency may not make an order under subsection (1) above in relation to licences for fishing for fish by—
(a)rod and line; or
(b)an historic installation.]
(2)Where [F6 the appropriate national authority ] proposes to confirm an order under this section, [F7 that authority ] shall require the water authority to publish the order and notice of [F8that authority's] intention to confirm it in such manner as [F7 that authority ] may require, together with a notification that within a period specified in the requirement written objections to the order may be made to [F9 that authority ].
(3)[F10 The appropriate national authority ] shall consider any such objections received by [F11 that authority ] within the said period, and—
(a)if the number of licences as proposed to be limited by the order is less than the number of licences issued in any of the three years preceding the year in which the order is to come into operation; and
(b)any such objection is made by any person who has during each of the two years preceding that year held a licence of the same description as the licences which it is proposed so to limit in number;
[F12 that authority ] [F13 may cause ] a local inquiry to be held before confirming the order.
[F14(4)If it appears to the Agency that an order under this section would prevent a person from fishing in circumstances where that person is wholly dependent on the fishing for his livelihood, the Agency may pay that person such amount by way of compensation as it considers appropriate.]
(6)[F15 The appropriate national authority ] may with the consent of the water authority vary an order submitted to [F16 that authority ] under this section before confirming it and may require the water authority to publish the terms of the proposed variation in such manner, if any, as [F17 that authority ] may specify in the requirement.
(7)An order under this section may be revoked by [F18 the appropriate national authority ], or by an order made by the water authority and confirmed by [F19 that authority ].
[F20(8) Any order limiting the number of licences in force in a water authority area under section 62 of the M1 Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries Act 1923 immediately before 29th June 1972 shall be treated as having limited the number of licences in that area for a period of ten years from that date. ]
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 26(1) inserted (1.1.2011) by Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c. 23), ss. 218(2)(a), 324(3); S.I. 2010/298, art. 2, Sch. para. 13
F2Words inserted (E.W.) by Water Act 1989 (c. 15, SIF 130), s. 141, Sch. 17 para. 7(1)(6(a) (with ss. 58(7), 101(1), 141(6), 160(1)(2)(4), 163, 189(4)–(10), 190, 193(1), 194(9), Sch. 26 paras. 3(1)(2), 17, 40(4), 57(6), 58)
F3Words in s. 26(1) substituted (1.1.2011) by Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c. 23), s. 324(3), Sch. 16 para. 10(2); S.I. 2010/298, art. 2, Sch. para. 13
F4Words in s. 26(1)(a) substituted (1.1.2011) by Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c. 23), ss. 218(2)(b), 324(3); S.I. 2010/298, art. 2, Sch. para. 13
F5S. 26(1A)(1B) inserted (12.11.2009 for specified purposes, 1.1.2011 in so far as not already in force) by Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c. 23), ss. 218(3), 324(1)(c), 324(1)(d); S.I. 2010/298, art. 2, Sch. para. 13
F6Words in s. 26(2) substituted (1.1.2011) by Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c. 23), s. 324(3), Sch. 16 para. 10(3)(a); S.I. 2010/298, art. 2, Sch. para. 13
F7Words in s. 26(2) substituted (1.1.2011) by Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c. 23), s. 324(3), Sch. 16 para. 10(3)(b); S.I. 2010/298, art. 2, Sch. para. 13
F8Words in s. 26(2) substituted (1.1.2011) by Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c. 23), s. 324(3), Sch. 16 para. 10(3)(c); S.I. 2010/298, art. 2, Sch. para. 13
F9Words in s. 26(2) substituted (1.1.2011) by Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c. 23), s. 324(3), Sch. 16 para. 10(3)(d); S.I. 2010/298, art. 2, Sch. para. 13
F10Words in s. 26(3) substituted (1.1.2011) by Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c. 23), s. 324(3), Sch. 16 para. 10(4)(a); S.I. 2010/298, art. 2, Sch. para. 13
F11Words in s. 26(3) substituted (1.1.2011) by Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c. 23), s. 324(3), Sch. 16 para. 10(4)(b); S.I. 2010/298, art. 2, Sch. para. 13
F12Words in s. 26(3) substituted (1.1.2011) by Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c. 23), s. 324(3), Sch. 16 para. 10(4)(c); S.I. 2010/298, art. 2, Sch. para. 13
F13Words in s. 26(3) substituted (1.1.2011) by Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c. 23), ss. 218(4), 324(3); S.I. 2010/298, art. 2, Sch. para. 13
F14S. 26(4) substituted for s. 26(4)(5) (1.1.2011) by Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c. 23), ss. 218(5), 324(3); S.I. 2010/298, art. 2, Sch. para. 13
F15Words in s. 26(6) substituted (1.1.2011) by Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c. 23), s. 324(3), Sch. 16 para. 10(5)(a); S.I. 2010/298, art. 2, Sch. para. 13
F16Words in s. 26(6) substituted (1.1.2011) by Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c. 23), s. 324(3), Sch. 16 para. 10(5)(b); S.I. 2010/298, art. 2, Sch. para. 13
F17Words in s. 26(6) substituted (1.1.2011) by Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c. 23), s. 324(3), Sch. 16 para. 10(5)(c); S.I. 2010/298, art. 2, Sch. para. 13
F18Words in s. 26(7) substituted (1.1.2011) by Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c. 23), s. 324(3), Sch. 16 para. 10(6)(a); S.I. 2010/298, art. 2, Sch. para. 13
F19Words in s. 26(7) substituted (1.1.2011) by Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c. 23), s. 324(3), Sch. 16 para. 10(6)(b); S.I. 2010/298, art. 2, Sch. para. 13
F20S. 26(8) repealed (E.W.) by Water Act 1989 (c. 15, SIF 130), s. 190, Sch. 27 Pt. I (with ss. 58(7), 101(1), 141(6), 160(1)(2)(4), 163, 189(4)–(10), 190, 193(1), 194(9), Sch. 26 paras. 3(1)(2), 17, 40(4), 41(1), 57(6), 58)
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