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Amendment of section 68 of Principal Act.
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6.—Section 68 (which relates to duties on ordinary fishing licences) of the Principal Act is hereby amended—
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(a) by the insertion of the following subsections after subsection (2):
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“(2A) (a) This subsection applies to a trout rod ordinary licence which is valid for a particular year and is issued to a person who is the holder of a season game fishing rod and line (Foyle Area) licence which is valid for that year.
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(b) Subject to paragraph (c) of this subsection the ordinary licence duty payable in respect of a trout rod (annual) ordinary licence to which this subsection applies shall be £10.
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(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 trout rod (annual) ordinary licence, he may by order alter the licence duty payable in respectof a trout rod (annual) ordinary licence to which this subsection applies.
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(2B) (a) This subsection applies to a composite freshwater angling ordinary licence which is valid for a particular year and is issued to a person who is the holder of a season game fishing rod and line (Foyle Area) licence which is valid for that year.
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(b) Subject to paragraph (c) of this subsection the ordinary licence duty payable in respect of a composite freshwater angling ordinary licence to which this subsection applies shall be £30.
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(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 composite freshwater angling ordinary licence, he may by order alter the licence duty payable in respect of a composite freshwater angling ordinary licence to which this subsection applies.”;
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(b) by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (1):
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“(1) (a) Subject to paragraphs (b) and (c) of this subsection, the ordinary licence duty in respect of a freshwater rod ordinary licence of the class specified in column (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7) or (8) of Part I of the Fourth Schedule to this Act shall be the sum set out in whichever of those columns relates to a freshwater rod ordinary licence of that class.
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(b) The Minister may, from time to time, with the consent of the Minister for Finance, by order alter the freshwater rod ordinary licence duty of a particular class specified in Part I of the Fourth Schedule to this Act.
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(c) This subsection shall not apply to the ordinary licence duty payable in respect of—
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(i) a salmon rod (annual) ordinary licence to which subsection (2) of this section applies, or
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(ii) a trout rod (annual) ordinary licence to which subsection (2A) of this section applies, or
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(iii) a composite freshwater angling ordinary licence to which subsection (2B) of this section applies.”;
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(c) by the substitution in paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of “season game fishing rod and line” for “salmon rod”;
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(d) by the substitution in paragraph (b) of subsection (2) of “£17” for “£11.50” (inserted by the Salmon, Eel and Oyster Fishing Licences (Alteration of Licence Duties) Order, 1984 (S.I. No. 343 of 1984));
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(e) by the deletion of subsection (3);
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(f) by the substitution in subsection (6) of “paragraph (c) of subsection (2A), paragraph (c) of subsection (2B)” for “paragraph (c) of subsection (3)”;
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(g) by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (7):
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“(7) Where an order under subsection (4) or (5) of this section is proposed to be made, the Minister shall cause a draft of the order to be laid before each House of the Oireachtas and the order shall not be made until a resolution approving of the draft has been passed by each such House.”;
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and the said subsections (2) and (6), as so amended, are set out in paragraphs 1 and 2, respectively, of the Table to this section.
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TABLE
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1. (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 season game fishing rod and line (Foyle Area) licence which is valid for that year.
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(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 £17.
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(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.
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2. (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 (2A), paragraph (c) of subsection (2B), 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.
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