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Payments to boards of conservators and (in certain cases) Garda Síochána Reward Fund in respect of fines for certain offences.
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315.—(1) This section applies to—
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(a) an offence under any section of this Act (other than a section contained in Part XII, XIII, XV or XVI or section 290 or 323), or
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(b) an offence against any bye-law made under section 9 and relating to salmon, trout or eels.
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(2) Where a fine imposed for an offence to which this section applies has been paid or levied, then, unless the fine has been wholly remitted, the following provisions shall apply—
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(a) in case it appears to the Minister that a member of the Garda Síochána was the means of bringing to justice the person by whom the offence was committed, there shall be paid—
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(i) to the board of conservators of the fishery district in which the offence was committed a sum equal to two-thirds of the fine, or, if the fine was remitted in part, of so much thereof as was not remitted, and
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(ii) into the Garda Síochána Reward Fund, a sum equal to one-third of the fine or, if the fine was remitted in part, of so much thereof as was not remitted.
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(b) In any other case, there shall be paid to the said board of conservators a sum equal to the fine or, if the fine was remitted in part, so much thereof as was not remitted.
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(3) All moneys payable under subsection (2) of this section shall be paid by the Minister out of moneys provided by the Oireachtas at such times as he thinks fit.
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