Fisheries (Consolidation) Act, 1959

Powers in relation to weirs, fixed engines, etc.

300.—Where any authorised person finds—

(a) during the annual close season for salmon and trout or the weekly close time—

(i) any passage in any fishing weir, fishing mill dam, fixed engine, net or contrivance closed or obstructed, or

(ii) any net or other contrivance whatsoever placed or used in contravention of this Act or any instrument made thereunder, or

(b) at any time, any obstruction in the free gap of a fishing weir or in a fish pass or,

(c) at any time, any obstruction in the waste gate appurtenant to any mill or factory when such waste gate is required, by section 122, to be open,

he may open such passages and remove such obstructions, doing no unnecessary damage, and seize and remove all things so found or used contrary to the provisions of this Act or any instrument made thereunder.