Fisheries Act, 1939

Inclusion of portion of the month of October in the close season.

27.—(1) The period commencing on the 13th day of October and ending on the 31st day of that month shall, in respect of every river and fishery district, be included in and form part of the close season for angling for salmon or trout with single rod and line, but the foregoing provision of this sub-section shall be without prejudice to the operation of any statutory instrument made under the Fisheries Acts and in force at the commencement of this section whereby the said close season includes a greater portion of the said month of October.

(2) No power now subsisting under any Act of altering a close season shall extend to or authorise the excluding of the period named in the immediately preceding sub-section from the close season in respect of any river or fishery district for angling for salmon or trout with single rod and line.