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Rules as to boxes in salmon fishing weirs and fishing mill dams.
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18.—(1) In this section the expression “salmon weir” means any weir being—
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(a) a fishing weir used for taking salmon, or
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(b) a fishing mill dam used for taking salmon.
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(2) The following rules shall be observed in relation to the construction and use of boxes in salmon weirs—
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(a) the surface of the floor of the box shall be level with the natural bed of the river,
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(b) the inscales and the heck of the box shall be capable of being removed and opened up,
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(c) the bars of the heck of the box shall be placed perpendicularly,
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(d) the inscales and the heck of the box shall be so constructed that no bar or part of a bar is nearer to any other bar or part of a bar than two inches,
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(e) the box shall not be built over or in any other manner hidden from public inspection.
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(3) Where the Minister is satisfied that sea trout form the principal part of the fish caught in a salmon weir, he may, if he thinks fit, by order declare that paragraph (d) of subsection (2) of this section shall, in relation to such salmon weir, have effect as if the words “one and a quarter inches” were substituted for “two inches”.
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(4) If any person uses or constructs any box in a salmon weir in contravention of subsection (2) of this section, such person shall be guilty of an offence under this section and shall be liable on summary conviction thereof to a fine not exceeding twenty pounds.
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(5) Where a person is convicted of an offence under this section in relation to any box in a salmon weir, the Minister may cause the parts of the said box in respect of which the offence was committed to be removed and may recover the expenses incurred in such removal from such person as a simple contract debt in any court of competent jurisdiction.
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