Fisheries (Consolidation) Act, 1959

Limitations on exercise of powers conferred on members and officers of boards of conservators.

293.—(1) The powers conferred by this Part on a private water keeper shall be exercisable only for the protection of the fisheries specified in his instrument of appointment.

(2) The powers conferred by this Part on a member of a board of conservators, or an inspector or water keeper appointed by a board of conservators for a fishery district shall be exercised only for the protection of the fisheries in the fishery district of that board, and for the enforcement therein of this Act and any instrument made thereunder.