PART VIIPOWERS OF AUTHORISED PERSONS
F155ADuration of appointment of river watchers
(1)
Any person whose appointment as a river watcher is confirmed after the coming into operation of Article 20 of the Foyle and Carlingford Fisheries (Northern Ireland) Order 2007 shall, unless his appointment is renewed under section 55B, cease to be a river watcher on the expiration of 5 years from the date of that confirmation.
(2)
Any person whose appointment as a river watcher was confirmed before the coming into operation of that Article shall, unless his appointment is renewed under section 55B, cease to be a river watcher—
(a)
on the expiration of the period of 5 years from the date of that confirmation; or
(b)
on the expiration of the period of 1 year from the coming into operation of that Article,
whichever is the later.
(3)
A person who ceases by virtue of this section to be a river watcher may be re-appointed as such under section 55.