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STATUTORY RULES OF NORTHERN IRELAND

2007 No. 472

FISHERIES

Eel Fishing (Licence Duties) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007

  Made 9th November 2007 
  Coming into operation 1st January 2008 

The Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure[1], makes the following Regulations, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 15(1) and 19(1) of the Fisheries Act (Northern Ireland) 1966[2] and now vested in it[3]:

Citation and commencement
     1. These Regulations may be cited as the Eel Fishing (Licence Duties) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007 and shall come into operation on 1st January 2008.

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) 2006[4] are revoked.



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


9th November 2007.

L.S.


M.Cory
A senior officer of the Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure


SCHEDULE
Regulation 2

Fishing Engine

(1)

 		Licence Duty

(2)
Fyke net £8.00
The existing eel weir at Toome £1702.00
The existing eel weir at Upper Row, Portna £1702.00
The existing eel weir at Lower Row, Portna £1702.00
The existing eel weir at Belleek £55.00
Long line used in the Erne Catchment Area or Lough Neagh, excluding its tributaries and their branches, containing not more than 1,200 hooks £89.50
Long line used in the Erne Catchment Area or Lough Neagh, excluding its tributaries and their branches, containing more than 1,200 hooks £124.00
Eel draft net not exceeding 118 metres in length used in Lough Neagh £124.00


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 1630.50 1702.00 71.50
The existing eel weir at Upper Row, Portna 1630.50 1702.00 71.50
The existing eel weir at Lower Row, Portna 1630.50 1702.00 71.50
The existing eel weir at Belleek 53.00 55.00 2.00
Long line used in the Erne Catchment Area or Lough Neagh, excluding its tributaries and their branches, containing not more than 1,200 hooks 86.00 89.50 3.50
Long line used in the Erne Catchment Area or Lough Neagh, excluding its tributaries and their branches, containing over 1,200 hooks 119.00 124.00 5.00
Eel draft net not exceeding 118 metres in length used in Lough Neagh 119.00 124.00 5.00

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. 2006 No. 513back


ISBN 978 0 337 97195 2


 © Crown copyright 2007

Prepared 19 November 2007

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