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PART VI
Miscellaneous
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Prohibition of sale of certain fish.
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56.—(1) The Minister may by order prohibit the sale and offering for sale at any time during a prescribed period in any year (which period is in this section subsequently referred to as an “annual period”) of any fish which—
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(a) is of a species specified in the order, or
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(b) is—
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(i) caught by rod and line, and
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(ii) of a species so specified.
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(2) An order under this section may—
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(a) apply throughout the State or in a particular area or in particular areas thereof and so specified,
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(b) specify a particular annual period in relation to the whole of the State or specify different such periods in relation to different such areas.
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(3) An order under this section shall apply to any fish—
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(a) in case the order is made pursuant to paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of this section, of the species specified in the order, and
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(b) in case the order is made pursuant to paragraph (b) of the said subsection (1), caught by rod and line and of a species specified in the order.
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(4) In case an order under this section is for the time being in force, a person shall not sell or offer for sale any fish to which the order applies—
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(a) in case the order applies throughout the State or to a particular area or to particular areas thereof and specifies only one annual period, at any place in either the State, such area or any such area, as may be appropriate, at any time during that period,
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(b) in case the order specifies different annual periods in relation to different areas of the State, at any place in such an area at any time during the annual period so specified in relation to the area.
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(5) A person who contravenes subsection (4) of this section shall be guilty of an offence and shall on summary conviction thereof be liable to a fine (not exceeding in all £600) of an amount not exceeding £500 together with an amount not exceeding £50 for each salmon and £10 for each other fish in respect of which the offence is committed.
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