S.I. No. 463/1994 - Salmon, Eel and Molluscan Shellfish Dealers' Licences (Alteration of Duties) Order, 1994.


S.I. No. 463 of 1994.

SALMON, EEL AND MOLLUSCAN SHELLFISH DEALERS' LICENCES (ALTERATION OF DUTIES) ORDER, 1994.

I, HUGH COVENEY, Minister for the Marine, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 4 and Part X (as inserted by section 20 of the Fisheries (Amendment) Act, 1994 (No. 23 of 1994)) of the Fisheries (Consolidation) Act, 1959 (No. 14 of 1959), and the Fisheries (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions Order, 1977 ( S.I. No. 30 of 1977 ) (as adapted by the Tourism, Fisheries and Forestry (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister Order, 1987 ( S.I. No. 82 of 1987 )) hereby make the following regulations:

1. This Order may be cited as the Salmon, Eel and Molluscan Shellfish Dealers' Licences (Alteration of Duties) Order, 1994.

2. This Order shall come into operation on the 1st day of January, 1995.

3. The Fisheries (Consolidation) Act, 1959 (No. 14 of 1959) as amended, is hereby amended in Section 159 (b) (ii) by the substitution of:

"(ii) the sum of £60 for any one of a salmon dealer's licence, an eel dealer's licence or a molluscan shellfish dealer's licence issued in respect of any specified place,

and the sum of £20 each for a second or third of the aforementioned dealers' licences issued in respect of the same specified place,"

for:

"(ii) the sum of sixty pounds,"

4. The Fisheries (Consolidation) Act, 1959 (No. 14 of 1959) as amended, is hereby amended in section 160 (i) (b) by the substitution of:

"There is sent with the application the sum of £60 for any one of a salmon dealer's licence, an eel dealer's licence or a molluscan shellfish dealer's licence issued in respect of a specified place, in the case of holders of a number of Part X licences for a specified place, and, the sum of £20 each for the renewal of a second or third licence issued in respect of the same specified place,"

for:

"(b) There is sent with the application the sum of twenty five pounds,"

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 30th day of December, 1994.

HUGH COVENEY,

Minister for the Marine.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This Order prescribes the rates payable from 1st January, 1995, for salmon, eel and molluscan shellfish dealers' licences.