Fisheries (Statute Law Revision) Act, 1949

PART III.

Boards of Conservators.

Right to vote at elections of conservators.

9.—(1) (a) No person shall be entitled to vote at an election of conservators in respect of the licence duty on a fishing engine, except the person whose name is contained in the licence issued in respect of such fishing engine.

(b) Paragraph (a) of this subsection shall not be construed as affecting section 93 of the Act of 1939.

(2) The holder of a fishing licence issued by a board of conservators for a fishery district shall not be entitled to vote in respect of the licence duty on the engine to which such licence relates at an election of conservators for an electoral division of such fishery district other than the electoral division specified in such licence.

(3) Any person who is, by virtue of section 14 of the Act of 1939, entitled to vote at an election of conservators for an electoral division to be held in a particular year shall—

(a) be deemed, for the purpose of the choosing of the chairman to preside at the meeting for such election, a person who has paid licence duty for such year in such electoral division, and

(b) be eligible to be chosen as chairman of such meeting.