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27 1949

FISHERIES (STATUTE LAW REVISION) ACT, 1949

PART II.

Miscellaneous powers and duties of the Minister.

Amendment and revocation of certain definitions.

6. —(1) The Minister may by order amend or revoke any definition made under any of the following enactments—

(a) sections 22 and 27 of the Act of 1842,

(b) section 9 of the Fisheries (Ireland) Act, 1845,

(c) sections 21 and 44 of the Act of 1850,

(d) section 17 of the Act of 1863, and

(e) section 10 of the Fisheries (Ireland) Act, 1869.

(2) The provisions of subsections (2), (3), (4) and (5) of section 28 of the Act of 1925, as amended by section 10 of the Courts of Justice Act, 1936 (No. 48 of 1936), shall apply in respect of any order made under subsection (1) of this section.

Amendment of section 28 of the Act of 1925.

7. —In subsection (4) of section 28 of the Act of 1925, the words “twenty-eight days” shall be substituted for the words “one fortnight”.

Power of Minister to grant exemption permits for the purposes of artificial propagation, etc.

8. —(1) The Minister may, whenever and so often as he thinks fit, by permit in writing and subject to such conditions as he may specify in the permit authorise any named person to do at any season of the year all or any of the following things—

(a) to catch or attempt to catch and to have in his possession any specified kind of fish for the purpose of artificial propagation, transplantation, the stocking, restocking or improvement of any fishery or for any scientific purpose and for the purpose of so catching to have in his possession, erect and use any net, trap or other engine of a specified kind,

(b) to buy or sell ova and fry of any specified kind of fish for the purpose of stocking or restocking or any scientific purpose.

(2) A permit under subsection (1) of this section shall not authorise anything to be done in relation to a several fishery otherwise than with the consent of the owner thereof.

(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Acts, a person to whom a permit is granted under subsection (1) of this section and any other person acting under the directions of such first-mentioned person may, subject to the conditions specified in the permit, do any of the things authorised by the permit.