S.I. No. 305/1976 - Salmon, Eel and Oyster Fishing Licences (Alteration of Licence Duties) Order, 1976.

S.I. No. 305 of 1976.

SALMON, EEL AND OYSTER FISHING LICENCES (ALTERATION OF LICENCE DUTIES) ORDER, 1976.

I, MICHAEL PAT MURPHY, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by subsections (1), (2), (3) and (4) of section 68 and section 279 (2) of the Fisheries (Consolidation) Act, 1959 (No. 14 of 1959), as amended by section 4 (1) of the Fisheries (Amendment) Act, 1976 (No. 23 of 1976), and the Fisheries (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order, 1965 ( S.I. No. 83 of 1965 ) (as adapted by the Agriculture (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order, 1965) ( S.I. No. 146 of 1965 )), and the Fisheries (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) Order, 1973 ( S.I. No. 93 of 1973 ), hereby order as follows:

1. This Order may be cited as the Salmon, Eel and Oyster Fishing Licences (Alteration of Licence Duties) Order, 1976.

2. In this Order "the Act" means the Fisheries (Consolidation) Act, 1959 (No. 14 of 1959).

3. The ordinary licence duty in respect of a salmon rod ordinary licence of a class specified in column (2) of Part I of the Schedule to this Order at any reference number is hereby altered with effect from the 1st day of January, 1977, to the sum specified in column (3) of the said Part I at that reference number.

4. The ordinary licence duty in respect of an ordinary fishing licence authorising the use of a fishing engine of a kind specified in column (2) of Part II of the Schedule to this Order at any reference number is hereby altered with effect from the 1st day of January, 1977, to the sum specified in column (3) of the said Part II at that reference number.

5. The licence duty in respect of an oyster fishing licence is hereby altered with effect from the 1st day of January, 1977, to fifteen pounds.

SCHEDULE.

Part I.

Reference Number (1)	Classes of salmon rod ordinary licence (2)	Ordinary Licence Duty (3)
		£
1.	A salmon rod (annual) ordinary licence, other than a salmon rod (annual) ordinary licence to which subsection (2) of section 68 of the Act applies	10·00
2.	A salmon rod (annual) ordinary licence to which subsection (2) of section 68 of the Act applies.	7·00
3,	A salmon rod (annual) (district) ordinary licence, other than a salmon rod (annual) (district) ordinary licence to which subsection (3) of section 68 of the Act applies	5·00
4.	A salmon rod (annual) (district) ordinary licence to which subsection (3) of section 68 of the Act applies	2·00
5.	A salmon rod (twenty-one day) ordinary licence	5·00
6.	A salmon rod (late season) ordinary licence	7·00
7.	A salmon rod (late season) (district) ordinary licence	3·00
8.	A salmon rod (seven day) ordinary licence	3·00

PART II.

Reference Number (1)	Kind of engine (2)	Ordinary Licence Duty (3)
1.	Stake net or fly net	£ 50·00
2.	Bag net	30·00
3.	Head weir	10·00
4.	Draft net	30·00
5.	Drift net	50·00
6.	Snap net	12·00
7.	Pole net	5·00
8.	Loop net	2·00
9.	Box for taking salmon in a fishing weir or a fishing mill dam	20·00
10.	Eye, gap or basket for taking eels in or on a fishing weir or a fishing mill dam	10·00
11.	Eel trap as used under licence in No. 17 ' or Drogheda District and in No. 13 or Ballyshannon District	20·00
12.	Long line for eels	10·00
13.	Coghill net for eels	10·00

GIVEN under my hand, this 17th day of December, 1976.

MICHAEL PAT MURPHY,

Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministerfor Agriculture

and Fisheries.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This Order prescribes the rates of fishing licence duties payable from 1 January 1977.