Foyle Fisheries Act, 1952

PART V.

Times of Fishing and Ancillary Provisions.

Close seasons and close time.

28.—(1) The annual close season in the Foyle Area shall be the period prescribed for that purpose or, if no period is prescribed, the period beginning on the 1st day of September and ending on the 14th day of April next following.

(2) The annual close season for angling in the Foyle Area shall be the period prescribed for that purpose or, if no period is prescribed, the period beginning on the 13th day of October and ending on the 31st day of January next following.

(3) The weekly close time in the Foyle Area shall be the period prescribed for that purpose or, if no period is prescribed, the period beginning at 6 o'clock a.m. on Saturday and ending at 6 o'clock a.m. on the following Monday.

(4) Different periods may be prescribed under this section in respect of different parts of the Foyle Area and, where a period is so prescribed for a particular part of that area, references in this Act to the annual close season, the annual close season for angling or the weekly close time shall, as the case may require, be construed in relation to that part as references to the period so prescribed.