Fisheries Act, 1980

Certain rights to fish given to former life members of Trust and to persons on Register of Trout, Coarse Fish and Sea Anglers.

59.—(1) A person who immediately before the dissolution of the Trust was a life member thereof shall, subject to such restrictions or other requirements, if any, as the Minister considers appropriate for the proper management of the fishery concerned and which are for the time being prescribed for the purposes of this section, be permitted—

(a) to fish in accordance with law for trout or coarse fish in the waters of any fishery transferred to the Central Board by section 35 of this Act for so long as the interest therein so transferred to the Central Board subsists, and

(b) in case the person is for the time being by virtue of section 58 (4) of this Act registered in a Register of Trout, Coarse Fish and Sea Anglers, for so long as he is so registered, to fish in accordance with law for trout and coarse fish in the waters of any fishery—

(i) owned or occupied by the regional board by whom the register is maintained,

(ii) owned or occupied by the Central Board (whether such fishery was transferred to the Central Board by the said section 35 or was otherwise acquired by the Central Board).

(2) In case a person is registered other than by virtue of section 58 (4) of this Act in a Register of Trout, Coarse Fish and Sea Anglers, then for so long as he is so registered, he shall, subject to such restrictions or other requirements, if any, as the Minister considers appropriate for the proper management of the fishery concerned and which are for the time being prescribed for the purposes of this section, be permitted to fish for trout and coarse fish in accordance with law in the waters of—

(a) any fishery owned or occupied by the regional board by whom the register is maintained, and

(b) any fishery which is owned or occupied by the Central Board.

(3) (a) An order under section 37 , 40 , 41 or 42 of this Act may provide that the foregoing provisions of this section shall not apply in relation to the fishery acquired or transferred by the order, or, in case two or more fisheries are so transferred, shall apply in relation to no such fishery, or, as may be so provided, shall apply only to such of those fisheries as the order specifies.

(b) The Minister may by order provide that the foregoing provisions of this section, other than paragraph (a) of this subsection, shall not apply in relation to a fishery acquired by the Central Board by agreement under section 37 of this Act and specified in the order.

(4) In case a fishery is by an order, either made under this section or described in subsection (3) (a) of this section, excluded from the application of subsections (1) and (2) of this section, this section shall be construed and have effect subject to the terms of the order.