Fisheries (Consolidation) Act, 1959

Division VI.

Weekly close time.

Weekly close time.

139.—(1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3) of this section, in this Act, the expression “the weekly close time” means the period commencing at 6 o'clock a.m. on Saturday and ending at 6 o'clock a.m. on the next following Monday.

(2) (a) This subsection applies to any river in which the Electricity Supply Board owns a fishery or a fishing right.

(b) In this Act, the expression “the weekly close time”, in relation to any river to which this subsection applies means, subject to paragraph (c) of this subsection, the period commencing at 6 o'clock a.m. on Saturday and ending at 6 o'clock a.m. on the next following Monday.

(c) The Minister may by regulations vary as he thinks proper the weekly close time fixed by paragraph (b) of this subsection in respect of any river to which this subsection applies, but shall not by any such regulations increase the said weekly close time to more than seventy-two hours or reduce it to less than forty-eight hours.

(3) In this Act, the expression “the weekly close time” means, in relation to any fishing weir which is the subject of an order under subsection (2) of section 107, the period commencing at 6 o'clock a.m. on Saturday and ending at 6 o'clock a.m. on the next following Monday with the extension of a period of twenty-four hours as directed by the order.