Fisheries (Consolidation) Act, 1959

Appointment of keepers by grantees under oyster fishery orders.

264.—For the purpose of protecting an oyster fishery granted under an oyster fishery order, the grantee or grantees, under the hands of any two of them, where more than two, may, subject to the approval of the Minister, appoint at the cost and expense of the grantees, any keeper they consider necessary for the protection of the fishery, and any keeper so appointed may enforce any regulations made under section 263 in respect of such oyster fishery and shall have all the powers conferred on water keepers by this Act.