S.I. No. 732/2021 - Salmon Rod Ordinary Licences (Alteration of Licence Duties) Order 2021


Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 31st December, 2021.

I, EAMON RYAN, Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 68 (1)(b) of the Fisheries (Consolidation) Act 1959 (No. 14 of 1959) and the Fisheries (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 1977 ( S.I. No. 30 of 1977 ) (as adapted by the Communications, Climate Action and Environment (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2020 ( S.I. No. 373 of 2020 )) with the consent of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, hereby order as follows:

1. This Order may be cited as the Salmon Rod Ordinary Licences (Alteration of Licence Duties) Order 2021.

2. This Order comes into operation on 1 January 2022 and has effect as respects licences issued or renewed for a period commencing on or after that day.

3. The ordinary licence duty in respect of a salmon rod licence of a class specified in column (2) of the Schedule at any reference number is altered to the sum specified in column (3) of that Schedule at that reference number.

4. The Salmon Rod Ordinary Licences (Alteration of Licence Duties) Order 2011 ( S.I. No. 613 of 2011 ) is revoked.

SCHEDULE

Reference Number

(1)

Class of Salmon rod Ordinary licence

(2)

Ordinary Licence Duty

(3)

1.

Salmon rod (annual) ordinary licence, other than a salmon rod (annual) ordinary licence to which section 68(2) of the Fisheries (Consolidation) Act 1959 (No. 14 of 1959) applies

€100

2.

Salmon rod (annual) ordinary licence to which section 68(2) of the Fisheries (Consolidation) Act 1959 (No. 14 of 1959) applies

€84

3.

Salmon rod (annual) district licence

€64

4.

Salmon rod (twenty-one day) licence

€50

5.

Salmon rod (annual) juvenile licence

€10

6.

Salmon rod (one-day) ordinary licence

€36

The Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform consents to the making of the foregoing Order.

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GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform,

14 December, 2021.

MICHAEL MCGRATH,

Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform.

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GIVEN under my Official Seal,

16 December 2021.

EAMON RYAN

Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

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

This Order prescribes the licence fees payable from 1 January 2022 in respect of salmon rod ordinary fishing licences and the Foyle Area extension licence including a salmon conservation levy equivalent to 50% of the licence fee. The proceeds of this levy will be invested in wild salmon management initiatives designed to rehabilitate wild salmon stocks and habitats.