Fisheries (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 2001
Jurisdiction | Northern Ireland |
Citation | 2001 NI c 4 |
(1) Section 124 of the principal Act (sea-fishing regulations) shall be amended as follows.(2) In subsection (1) after “sea-fisheries” insert “in Northern Ireland inshore waters or” .(3) In subsection (2) after paragraph (d) insert—“, fishing engine, vehicle or equipment” ;for “or fishing engine”, wherever those words occur, substitute “, fishing engine, vehicle or equipment” ;after “boat” insert “or a vehicle or equipment” ;for “it”, where it first occurs, substitute “the boat, vehicle or equipment” ;after “Act” insert “or any regulation made under section 124” .(3) In section 181(1) of the principal Act (procedure for disposal
- (dd) prohibiting in any area specified in the regulations, either without limitation of time or for any period so specified,—
- (i) fishing from or by means of any vehicle or any vehicle of a specified description;
- (ii) fishing by means of a specified description of equipment;
- “(2A) The power to make regulations under this section may be exercised for—
- (a) the conservation or enhancement of the natural beauty or amenity of marine or coastal areas (including their geological or physiographical features) or of any features of archaeological or historic interest in those areas; or
- (b) the conservation of flora or fauna which are dependent on, or associated with, a marine or coastal environment.
- “(4) Where—
- (a) a person commits an offence under subsection (3) ; and
- (b) a vehicle or equipment is used in the commission of the offence, then, in addition to that person, any person who caused or permitted the commission of the offence is guilty of an offence.
- “(1A) Any authorised person to whom this section applies may, for the purpose of enforcing regulations made under section 124, do all or any of the following things with respect to any vehicle or equipment which is or has been employed in fishing—
- (a) enter in or on the vehicle or equipment;
- (b) require the attendance of the person in charge of, and any other persons in or on or using, the vehicle or equipment and require all such persons to do anything which appears to him to be necessary for facilitating the performance of his functions;
- (c) in relation to any vehicle, examine—
- (i) any fish in or on the vehicle;
- (ii) any apparatus on the vehicle, including any fishing engine and any fishing gear used in association with any such engine;
- (iii) any document relating to the vehicle;
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