Fisheries Act, 1980

Amendment of sections 159 and 160 of Principal Act, section 42 of Finance Act, 1925, and section 12 of Finance Act, 1940.

69.—(1) Section 159 of the Principal Act is hereby amended by—

(a) the substitution of “twenty-five pounds” for “one pound” in both subparagraph (ii) of subsection (1) (b) and subparagraph (ii) of subsection (2) (b); and

(b) the addition to the section of the following subsection:

“(6) (a) The Minister may, from time to time, by order amend subsection (1) or subsection (2) of this section so as to alter the sum specified therein, and in case an order under this subsection is for the time being in force, the said subsection (1) and the said subsection (2), or both of the said subsections, as may be appropriate, as amended by section 69 of the Fisheries Act, 1980, shall be construed and have effect in accordance with the terms of the order.

(b) Subsection (7) of section 68 of this Act (inserted by section 3 of the Fisheries (Amendment) Act, 1976) shall apply as regards an order under this subsection as it applies as regards an order under that section.”;

and the said subparagraph (ii) of the said subsection (1) (b) and the said subparagraph (ii) of the said subsection (2) (b), as so amended, are set out in paragraphs 1 and 2, respectively, of the Table to this section.

(2) Section 160 of the Principal Act is hereby amended by—

(a) the substitution of the following for all the words in subsection (1) between the end of paragraph (a) and the end of the subsection:

“(b) there is sent with the application the sum of twenty-five pounds,

such board may renew such licence.”; and

(b) the addition to the section of the following subsection:

“(5) (a) The Minister may, from time to time, by order amend subsection (1) of this section so as to alter the sum specified therein, and in case an order under this subsection is for the time being in force, the said subsection (1), as amended by section 69 of the Fisheries Act, 1980, shall be construed and have effect in accordance with the terms of the order.

(b) Subsection (7) of section 68 of this Act (inserted by section 3 of the Fisheries (Amendment) Act, 1976) shall apply as regards an order under this subsection as it applies as regards an order under that section.”.

(3) On and from the commencement of this section both section 42 of the Finance Act, 1925 , and section 12 of the Finance Act, 1940 , shall cease to have effect.

(4) This section shall come into force on such day as the Minister shall therefor fix by order.

TABLE

1. (ii) the sum of twenty-five pounds,

2. (ii) the sum of twenty-five pounds,