Fisheries (Amendment) Act, 1962

Bye-laws under Principal Act.

33.—Notwithstanding anything contained in the Principal Act, the Minister may, if he so thinks fit—

(a) make a bye-law, without previously having held an inquiry into the feasibility of making the bye-law, under any provision of the Principal Act empowering him to make a bye-law, and

(b) make a bye-law, without an application having been made to the Minister to have an inquiry held into the feasibility of making the bye-law—

(i) altering the period (provided that it has been fixed not less than three years previously) which is in any locality the annual close season for salmon and trout, the annual close season for angling for salmon, the annual close season for angling for trout, the annual close season for pollen, the annual close season for eels, the close season for oysters, or the close season for molluscs (other than oysters) of a particular kind, or

(ii) under section 272 of the Principal Act.