Fisheries (Consolidation) Act, 1959

Chapter V.

Protection of Oyster Fisheries.

Power of persons interested in oyster beds to appoint water keepers.

276.—(1) Any proprietor of an oyster bed or an associated body of persons interested in the protection or improvement of an oyster fishery may, for the protection of such oyster fishery and for the due enforcement of the provisions of this Act and any bye-laws made thereunder, appoint any person to be a water keeper.

(2) The provisions of section 294 in relation to the appointment of water keepers shall apply in respect of the appointment of water keepers under this section.

(3) Every water keeper appointed under this section may, in relation to the oyster fishery for which he is appointed, exercise, so far as may be necessary for the protection of such oyster fishery and for the due enforcement of the provisions of this Act and any bye-laws made thereunder in relation to oyster fisheries, any of the powers conferred by this Act on a water keeper appointed under section 294.