Fisheries Act, 1939

Liability of Minister for damage by flooding.

89.—No claim shall lie against the Minister for flooding of lands or other consequential damage due to the continued existence of any structure (including a weir and a mill-dam which on the date of vesting formed part of or existed in a fishery vested in the Minister under Chapter II of this Part of this Act) unless the Minister shall have increased the height of such structure or shall have closed the openings or gaps therein to an extent to which they could not have been legally closed on the said date.