Fisheries (Amendment) (No. 2) Act, 1987

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Amendment of section 3 of Principal Act.

2.—Section 3(1) of the Principal Act is hereby amended—

(a) by the substitution of the following provision for the first provision therein (which relates to references to angling for salmon or trout):

“references to angling for salmon, trout and coarse fish, or references to angling for any such fish, shall be construed as references to angling with rod and line;”;

(b) by the substitution of the following definition for the definition of “coarse fish” (inserted by the Act of 1980):

“the expression ‘coarse fish’ means any freshwater fish orthe spawn or fry thereof other than salmon, trout (including rainbow trout and char) or eels or their spawn or fry;”;

(c) by the insertion of the following definitions before the definition of “consequential disqualification” (inserted by the Act of 1980):

“the expression ‘coarse fish rod ordinary licence’ means an ordinary fishing licence to fish with rod and line for coarse fish;

the expression ‘coarse fish rod (annual) ordinary licence’ means a coarse fish rod ordinary licence which is valid for a period of one year and is available for use in every fishery district;

the expression ‘coarse fish rod (twenty-one day) ordinary licence’ means a coarse fish rod ordinary licence which is valid for a period of twenty-one days and is available for use in every fishery district;

the expression ‘composite freshwater angling ordinary licence’ means an ordinary fishing licence to fish with rod and line for salmon, trout and coarse fish and which is valid for the period of one year and is available for use in every fishery district;”;

(d) by the insertion of the following definition after the definition of “free-gap”:

“the expression ‘freshwater rod ordinary licence’ means a salmon rod ordinary licence, a trout rod ordinary licence, a coarse fish rod ordinary licence or a composite freshwater angling ordinary licence;”;

(e) by the deletion of the definitions of “salmon rod (annual) (district) ordinary licence”, “salmon rod (late season) ordinary licence”, “salmon rod (late season) (district) ordinary licence” and “salmon rod (seven day) ordinary licence”, and by the substitution for the definition of “salmon rod (twenty-one day) ordinary licence” of the following definition:

“the expression ‘salmon rod (twenty-one day) ordinary licence’ means a salmon rod ordinary licence which is valid for the period of twenty-one days and is available for use in every fishery district;”;

(f) by the insertion of the following definition after the definition of “sea fisheries protection officer”:

“the expression ‘season game fishing rod and line (Foyle Area) licence’ means a licence to fish with rod and line for salmon and trout issued in pursuance of regulations made under the Foyle Fisheries Act, 1952 (No. 5 of 1952), which is valid for a year;”;

(g) by the substitution for the definition of “trout” of the following definition:

“the word ‘trout’, when used without any qualification includes—

(a) all fish of the brown trout kind,

(b) rainbow trout and char—

(i) in Part VI,

(ii) in any other provision, when that provision also applies to salmon and coarse fish,

(c) save in Part IX pollen or freshwater herring, and

(d) any spawn or fry of a trout,

but does not include sea trout;”;

(h) by the deletion of the definitions of “trout rod (general) licence”, “trout rod (juvenile) licence”, “trout rod licence” and “trout rod (riparian owner) licence” and by the insertion of the following definitions before the definition of “unlawful fishing engine”:

“the expression ‘trout rod ordinary licence’ means an ordinary fishing licence to fish with rod and line for trout;

the expression ‘trout rod (annual) ordinary licence’ means a trout rod ordinary licence which is valid for a period of one year and is available for use in every fishery district;

the expression ‘trout rod (twenty-one day) ordinary licence’ means a trout rod ordinary licence which is valid for a period of twenty-one days and is available for use in every fishery district;”.