Fisheries Act (Northern Ireland) 1966

F1[111Prohibition of purchase, sale, etc., of salmon, trout, pollen and brown eels at certain times.N.I.

(1)If any person buys, sells, offers or exposes for sale or has in his possession for sale—

(a)any salmon or trout at any time during the period from 15th September in any year to 31st January in the next-following year; or

(b)any pollen at any time during the period from 7th November in any year to 31st January in the then next-following year; or

(c)any brown eels at any time during the period from 16th January in any year to the date in that year of the commencement of the period mentioned in section 108(1)( c);

he shall be guilty of an offence under this Part.

(2)Subsection (1) shall not apply to any person buying, selling, offering or exposing for sale or having in his possession for sale any fish of a kind mentioned in paragraph ( a) or, as the case may be, ( b) or ( c) of that subsection which he proves was

[F2(a)reared in a fish farm; or

(b)supplied by the Department.]

(3)For the purposes of this section a person shall be deemed to have a salmon or trout or, as the case may be, a pollen or a brown eel in his possession for sale if it is found at any place, or on or in any vehicle, specified in a dealer's licence issued to him under the succeeding provisions of this Part, unless he satisfies the court that it was not his intention to sell it.

[F3(4)The Department may by regulations substitute for the period mentioned in paragraph (a), (b) or (c) of subsection (1) such other period as may be specified in the regulations.]

(5)Notwithstanding anything in section 19(2) or [F426(3) any] regulations made under subsection (4), shall be subject to affirmative resolution.]