S.I. No. 373/1981 - Fisheries Regions (Amendment) Order, 1981.


I, TOM FITZPATRICK, Minister for Fisheries and Forestry, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by sections 5 and 10 of the Fisheries Act, 1980 (No. 1 of 1980), and the Fisheries (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order, 1977 ( S.I. No. 30 of 1977 ) (as adapted by the Fisheries (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order, 1978 ( S.I. No. 195 of 1978 )), hereby, with the consent of the Minister for the Public Service, order as follows:

1. (1) This Order may be cited as the Fisheries Regions (Amendment) Order, 1981.

(2) The Fisheries Regions Order, 1980 ( S.I. No. 324 of 1980 ), and this Order may be cited together as the Fisheries Regions Orders, 1980 and 1981.

(3) This Order shall come into operation on the 5th day of November, 1981.

2. The Fisheries Regions Order, 1980, is hereby amended by—

(a) the substitution of the following entry for the entry at reference number 2 of the First Schedule thereto:

2.

Southern Fisheries

The Southern

The area comprising-

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Regional Fisheries Board

(a)

the whole of the sea and the tideway along the coast between the following points, viz., Kiln Bay mentioned at paragraph (d) opposite reference number 1 of this Schedule, and Ballycotton Pier, in the townland of Ballycotton, barony of Imokilly, County Cork (East Riding), and around any islands or rocks off the coast between the said points, and

(b)

the whole of the several rivers, lakes and their tributaries flowing into the tideway between the said points, and the land drained thereby, and

(c)

any area of the sea mentioned in (a) at this reference number to which the internal or inland waters of the State extend by virtue of section 5 of the Act of 1959, and

(d)

the portion of the sea which lies between that part of the baseline for the purposes of the said Act and which lies between a line drawn 180° true from the boat house mentioned at paragraph (g) opposite reference number 1 of this Schedule and a line drawn bearing 147° true from the most north-easterly point of the high water mark on the said Ballycotton Pier and the line every point of which is on the seaward side and at a distance of twelve nautical miles from the nearest point of the said part of the said baseline.

(b) the substitution of the following entry for the entry at reference number 4 of the Second Schedule thereto:

4.

A person who is the holder of an ordinary fishing licence authorising the use of a fishing engine of a kind specified in column (2) of Part II of the Fourth Schedule to the Principal Act at reference numbers 10, 11, 12, 13 (inserted by section 31 of the Fisheries (Amendment) Act, 1962 ) or 14 (inserted by the Fourth Schedule to the Act of 1980) and who is entitled to vote.

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GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 2nd day of November, 1981.

TOM FITZPATRICK,

Minister for Fisheries and Forestry.

The Minister for the Public Service hereby consents to the making of the foregoing Order.

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GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for the Public Service, this 2nd day of November, 1981.

LIAM KAVANAGH.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be legal interpretation).

This Order provides one seat for eel fishermen on the Southern Regional Fisheries Board and increases the overall number of seats on the Board to nineteen.