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2004 No. 499

FISHERIES

Eel Fishing (Licence Duties) (No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004

  Made 3rd December 2004 
  Coming into operation 1st January 2005 

The Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure[1], in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 15(1) and 19(1) of the Fisheries Act (Northern Ireland) 1966[2] and now exercisable by it[3], and of every other power enabling it in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement
     1. These Regulations may be cited as the Eel Fishing (Licence Duties) (No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004 and shall come into operation on 1st January 2005.

Licence Duties
     2. There shall be payable to the Fisheries Conservancy Board for Northern Ireland by way of licence duties in respect of licences for the use of fishing engines for the taking of eels referred to in column 1 of the Schedule the amounts respectively specified in column 2 of the Schedule.

Revocation
     3. The Eel Fishing (Licence Duties) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004[4] are hereby revoked.



Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure on


3rd December 2004.

L.S.


N. Carson
A senior officer of the Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure


SCHEDULE
Regulation 2

Fishing Engine Duty
(1) (2)
     £
Fyke net 8·00
The existing eel weir at Toome 1,542·00
The existing eel weir at Upper Row, Portna 1,542·00
The existing eel weir at Lower Row, Portna 1,542·00
The existing eel weir at Belleek 50·50
Long line used in the Erne Catchment Area or Lough Neagh, excluding its tributaries and their branches, containing not more than 1,200 hooks 82·00
Long line used in the Erne Catchment Area or Lough Neagh, excluding its tributaries and their branches, containing more than 1,200 hooks 113·00
Eel draft net not exceeding 118 metres in length used in Lough Neagh 113·00


EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations.)


These Regulations amend the licence duties payable to the Fisheries Conservancy Board for Northern Ireland in respect of licences for the use of fishing engines for the taking of eels. The new duties, and the size of the increases where applicable, are set out below.

     Previous Rates New Rates Increase
     £ £ £
Fyke net 8·00 8·00 0·00
The existing eel weir at Toome 1,500·00 1,542·00 42·00
The existing eel weir at Upper Row, Portna 1,500·00 1,542·00 42·00
The existing eel weir at Lower Row, Portna 1,500·00 1,542·00 42·00
The existing eel weir at Belleek 49·50 50·50 1·00
Long line used in the Erne Catchment Area or Lough Neagh, excluding its tributaries and their branches, containing not more than 1,200 hooks 80·00 82·00 2·00
Long line used in the Erne Catchment Area or Lough Neagh, excluding its tributaries and their branches, containing over 1,200 hooks 110·00 113·00 3·00
Eel draft net not exceeding 118 metres in length used in Lough Neagh 110·00 113·00 3·00

The Regulations no longer prescribe duties in respect of licences for the following fishing engines, which will not now be issued by the Fisheries Conservancy Board:

Notes:

 [1] Established by the Departments (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/283 (N.I. 1)), Article 3(1)back

[2] 1966 c. 17 (N.I.)back

[3] See S.R. 1999 No. 481 Article 3 and Schedule 1back

[4] S.R. 2004 No. 100back


ISBN 0 33795760 6


  © Crown copyright 2004

Prepared 13 December 2004

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