Subject to section 26 above, a fishing licence shall be F1granted by the appropriate agency to every applicant who is at the time of the application not disqualified from holding a fishing licence, on payment of the duty in respect of F2 the means of fishing to which the licence relates.

A fishing licence shall not confer any right to fish at a place or a time at which the licensee is not otherwise entitled to fish.

A fishing licence shall not authorise the erection of any structure or the use of any installation or F3 other thing for or in connection with fishing the erection or use of which would otherwise be illegal.

The production of a printed copy of a statement purporting to be F4issued by the appropriate agency as to a licence duty fixed and, if it be the case, approved by the Minister under this Schedule shall be prima facie evidence that the licence duty was fixed or approved as there mentioned and of the amount of the duty, and without proof of the handwriting or official position of any person purporting to sign the statement.