Fisheries (Consolidation) Act, 1959
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Duties on ordinary fishing licences. |
68.—(1) (a) Subject to paragraphs (b) and (c) of this subsection, the ordinary licence duty in respect of a salmon rod ordinary licence of the class specified in column (2), (3), (4), (5), (6) or (7) of Part I of the Fourth Schedule to this Act shall be the sum set out in whichever of those columns relates to a salmon rod ordinary licence of that class. | |
(b) The Minister may, from time to time, by order alter the ordinary licence duty in respect of a salmon rod ordinary licence of a particular class specified in Part I of the Fourth Schedule to this Act, so however that the ordinary licence duty in respect of such a licence shall not be so altered that it exceeds twice the sum fixed in respect thereof by paragraph (a) of this subsection. | ||
(c) This subsection does not apply to the ordinary licence duty payable in respect of— | ||
(i) a salmon rod (annual) ordinary licence to which subsection (2) of this section applies, or | ||
(ii) a salmon rod (annual) (district) ordinary licence to which subsection (3) of this section applies. | ||
(2) (a) This subsection applies to a salmon rod (annual) ordinary licence which is valid for a particular year and is issued to a person who is the holder of a salmon rod (Foyle Area) licence which is valid for that year. | ||
(b) Subject to paragraph (c) of this subsection the ordinary licence duty payable in respect of a salmon rod (annual) ordinary licence to which this subsection applies shall be ten shillings. | ||
(c) Wherever the Minister makes, under paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of this section, an order altering the ordinary licence duty in respect of a salmon rod (annual) ordinary licence, he may by order alter the annual licence duty payable in respect of a salmon rod (annual) ordinary licence to which this subsection applies. | ||
(3) (a) This subsection applies to a salmon rod (annual) (district) ordinary licence which is valid for a particular year and is issued to a person who is the holder of a salmon rod (Foyle Area) licence which is valid for that year. | ||
(b) Subject to paragraph (c) of this subsection the ordinary licence duty payable in respect of a salmon rod (annual) (district) ordinary licence to which this subsection applies shall be ten shillings. | ||
(c) Whenever the Minister makes, under paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of this section, an order altering the ordinary licence duty in respect of a salmon rod (annual) (district) ordinary licence, he may by order alter the annual licence duty payable in respect of a salmon rod (annual) (district) ordinary licence to which this subsection applies. | ||
(4) (a) Subject to paragraph (b) of this subsection, the ordinary licence duty in respect of an ordinary fishing licence authorising the use of a fishing engine of a kind specified in column (2) of Part II of the Fourth Schedule to this Act at any reference number shall be the sum set out in column (3) of the said Part II at that reference number. | ||
(b) The Minister may, from time to time, by order alter the ordinary licence duty in respect of an ordinary fishing licence authorising the use of a fishing engine of a kind specified in column (2) of Part II of the Fourth Schedule to this Act at any reference number, so however that the said ordinary licence duty shall not be so altered that it exceeds twice the sum specified in column (3) of the said Part II at that reference number. | ||
(5) Where the licence duty in respect of a licence to use an engine (not being a scheduled engine) has been fixed under section 69 in respect of a particular fishery district, then, as respects such fishery district, the following provisions shall have effect— | ||
(a) such engine shall for the purposes of this Act become and be a scheduled engine, | ||
(b) the ordinary licence duty payable in respect of a licence to use such engine shall, subject to paragraph (c) of this subsection, be that so fixed under the said section 69, | ||
(c) the Minister may, from time to time, by order alter the ordinary licence duty in respect of a licence to use such engine, so however that the ordinary licence duty in respect of such a licence shall not be so altered that it exceeds twice the sum fixed in respect thereof under the said section 69. | ||
(6) Where the ordinary licence duty in respect of an ordinary fishing licence is altered under any of the following provisions of this section, namely, paragraph (b) of subsection (1), paragraph (c) of subsection (2), paragraph (c) of subsection (3), paragraph (b) of subsection (4) and paragraph (c) of subsection (5), the duty as so altered shall be payable in respect of any such ordinary fishing licence which is to be valid for a period commencing on or after the 1st day of January next following the making of the order which effected the alteration. |