Fisheries (Amendment) Act, 1958

PART VII.

Fishing Weirs, Fishing Mill Dams and Fixed Engines.

Amendment of section 33 of the Act of 1939.

20.—(1) The Minister may, if he thinks fit, by order authorise a named person to erect, in accordance with plans approved by the Minister, at a specified place in the freshwater portion of a specified river or lake, a specified kind of fishing engine (being a fishing weir, fishing mill dam or fixed engine) for the capture of eels.

(2) Nothing in section 33 of the Act of 1939 shall apply to the erection, by a person authorised by an order made under subsection (1) of this section to erect a specified kind of fishing engine (being a fishing weir, a fishing mill dam or fixed engine) for the capture of eels, of that kind of fishing engine under and in accordance with such order.