2003 No. 524
Foyle Area and Carlingford Area (Licensing of Fishing Engines) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2003
Made
Coming into operation
The Foyle Carlingford and Irish Lights Commission, in exercise of its powers under section 13(1) (amended by section 34(3) of the British-Irish Agreement Act 19991 and section 5(1) of the British-Irish Agreement (Amendment) Act 20021) and 13(2) of the Foyle Fisheries Act 19521 which stand transferred to it under section 34(1) of the British-Irish Agreement Act 1999, and in exercise of the powers conferred by section 13(1) and (2) of the Foyle Fisheries Act (Northern Ireland) 19522 and now vested in it3 and of every other power enabling it in that behalf, with the approval of the Government of Ireland and the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, under the agreement made between those Governments on 19th November 20024 and section 5(1) of the British-Irish Agreement (Amendment) Act 2002, hereby makes the following Regulations:
Citation and commencement1
These Regulations may be cited as the Foyle Area and Carlingford Area (Licensing of Fishing Engines) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2003 and shall come into operation on 1st January 2004.
Amendment of the Foyle and Carlingford Area (Licensing of Fishing Engines) Regulations 20012
The Foyle and Carlingford Area (Licensing of Fishing Engines) Regulations 20015 shall be amended as provided in regulations 3 and 4.
Interpretation3
In regulation 2 (interpretation) for the definition of “coarse fishing rod licence” there shall be substituted the following definition –
“coarse fishing rod licence” means a fishing licence issued by the Commission for two rods and lines to fish for, take and kill eels and coarse fish;
Fishing licence fees4
For the Schedule there shall be substituted the following Schedule –
SCHEDULE
PART I
Fishing licence fee
Description of fishing engine
£
Draft Net used wholly or partly in the tidal waters of the River Foyle between the confluence of the Rivers Mourne and Finn and an imaginary straight line drawn across the River Foyle to join the points where the southernmost boundary of the County of Londonderry meets the river on each side
168·00
243·00
Draft Net used wholly or partly in the River Roe upstream of the defined mouth
177·00
256·00
Draft Net used wholly in the waters of the Foyle Area elsewhere than in –
a
the tidal waters of the River Foyle between the confluence of the Rivers Mourne and Finn and an imaginary straight line drawn across the River Foyle to join the points where the southernmost boundary of the County of Londonderry meets the river on each side; or
b
the River Roe upstream of the defined mouth
136·00
197·00
Drift Net used wholly to seaward of Lough Foyle (the seaward limit of which, for the purpose of these Regulations, shall be deemed to be an imaginary straight line drawn between Greencastle Fort in the County of Donegal and the Martello Tower at Magilligan Point in the County of Londonderry)
237·00
343·00
Drift Net used wholly in Lough Foyle, south of the seaward limit of Lough Foyle as aforesaid
237·00
343·00
Drift Net used partly in the said Lough Foyle and partly seaward of the seaward limit of Lough Foyle as aforesaid
259·00
374·00
PART II
Fishing licence fee
Description of fishing engine
£
Stake Net
546·00
790·00
Bag Net
328·00
474·00
Fixed Draft Net
342·00
495·00
PART III
Fishing licence fee
Description of fishing engine
£
Season Game Fishing Rod and Line Licence
15·00
21·50
Fourteen Day Game Fishing Rod and Line Licence
7·50
11·50
Three Day Game Fishing Rod and Line Licence
3·50
5·00
Season Game Fishing Rod and Line Licence to be issued to a person under the age of eighteen
2·00
3·00
Season Game Fishing Rod and Line Licence provided applicant can produce at the time of application a season game fishing rod licence for the time being in force and issued by the Fisheries Conservancy Board for Northern Ireland or a salmon rod (annual) ordinary licence for the time being in force and issued under section 67 of the Fisheries (Consolidation) Act 19596 or a salmon rod (annual) (district) ordinary licence, for the time being in force and issued under section 16 of the Fisheries (Amendment) Act 19916
1·00
1·50
Season Coarse Fishing Rod and Line Licence
15·00
21·50
Season Coarse Fishing Rod and Line Licence to be issued to a person under the age of eighteen.
2·00
3·00
Revocation5
Regulation 5 of the Foyle Area and Carlingford Area (Licensing of Fishing Engines) (Amendment) Regulations 20037 is hereby revoked.
Given under the Seal of the Foyle, Carlingford and Irish Lights Commission on 9th December 2003.
Approved by the Government of Ireland and the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland on 9th December 2003.
(This note is not part of the Regulations.)