S.I. No. 386/1982 - Salmon, Eel and Oyster (Miscellaneous Licences) (Alteration of Duties) Order, 1982.


S.I. No. 386 of 1982.

SALMON, EEL AND OYSTER (MISCELLANEOUS LICENCES) (ALTERATION OF DUTIES) ORDER, 1982.

I, PADDY O'TOOLE, Minister for Fisheries and Forestry, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 68 (as amended by section 4 of the Fisheries (Amendment) Act, 1976 (No. 23 of 1976)), section 279 (2) (as amended by the said section 4), and sections 159 (6) (a) and 160 (5) (a) (both inserted by section 69 of the Fisheries Act, 1980 (No. 1 of 1980)) of the Fisheries (Consolidation) Act, 1959 (No. 14 of 1959), and the Fisheries (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order, 1977 ( S.I. No. 30 of 1977 .) (as adapted by the Fisheries (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order, 1978 ( S.I. No. 195 of 1978 )), hereby make the following order with respect to which, pursuant to sections 68 (7) and 279 (4) (both inserted by section 3 of the Fisheries (Amendment) Act, 1976 ) and sections 159 (6) (b) and 160 (5) (b) (both inserted by the said section 69) of the Fisheries (Consolidation) Act, 1959 , a draft has been laid before each House of the Oireachtas and a resolution approving of the draft has been passed by each such House:

1. This Order may be cited as the Salmon, Eel and Oyster (Miscellaneous Licences) (Alteration of Duties) Order, 1982.

2. In this Order—

"the Act of 1980" means the Fisheries Act, 1980 (No. 1 of 1980);

"the Principal Act" means the Fisheries (Consolidation) Act, 1959 (No. 14 of 1959).

3. The ordinary licence duty in respect of a salmon rod ordinary licence of a class specified in column (2) of Part 1 of the Schedule to this Order at any reference number is hereby altered with effect from the 1st day of January, 1983, to the sum specified in column (3) of the said Part 1 at that reference number.

4. The ordinary licence duty in respect of an ordinary fishing licence authorising the use of a fishing engine of a kind specified in column (2) of Part II of the Schedule to this Order at any reference number is hereby altered with effect from the 1st day of January, 1983, to the sum specified in column (3) of the said Part II at that reference number.

5. The licence duty on each oyster fishing licence is hereby altered with effect from the 1st day of January, 1983, to thirty pounds.

6. (1) The Principal Act is hereby amended by—

( a ) the substitution in section 159 (1) (b) (ii), as amended by section 69 (1) of the Act of 1980, of "fifty pounds" for "twenty-five pounds";

( b ) the substitution in section 159 (2) (b) (ii), as amended by the said section 69 (1), of "two hundred pounds" for "twenty-five pounds"; and

( c ) the substitution in section 160 (1) (b), inserted by section 69 (2) of the Act of 1980, of "fifty pounds" for "twenty-five pounds".

(2) This Article shall come into operation on the 1st day of January, 1983.

SCHEDULE

PART I

Ref. No.

(1)

Classes of Salmon Rod Ordinary Licences

(2)

Ordinary Licence Duty

(3)

£

1.

Salmon Rod (annual) ordinary licences, other than Salmon Rod (annual) ordinary licences to which subsection (2) of section 68 of the Principal Act applies

15.00

2.

Salmon Rod (annual)ordinary licences to which subsection (2) of section 68 of the Principal Act applies

10.00

3.

Salmon Rod (annual) (district) ordinary licences, other than Salmon Rod (annual) (district) ordinary licences to which subsection (3) of section 68 of the Principal Act applies

7.00

4.

Salmon Rod (annual) (district) ordinary licences to which subsection (3) of section 68 of the Principal Act applies

4.00

5.

Salmon Rod (seven day) ordinary licences

5.00

6.

Salmon Rod (late season) ordinary licences

10.00

7.

Salmon Rod (late season) (district) ordinary licences

5.00

PART II

Ref. No.

(1)

Kind of Engine

(2)

Annual Licence Duty

(3)

1.

Stake net or fly net

115.00

2.

Bag net

65.00

3.

Head weir

22.00

4.

Draft net

65.00

5.

Drift net

115.00

6.

Snap net

26.50

7.

Pole net

10.00

8.

Loop net

4.50

9.

Box for taking salmon in a fishing weir or a fishing mill dam

44.00

10.

Eye, gap or basket for taking eels in or on a fishing weir or a fishing mill dam

30.00

11.

Eel trap as used under licence in No. 171 or Drogheda District in the Eastern Fisheries Region and in No. 13 or Ballyshannon District in the Northern Fisheries Region

50.00

12.

Long line for eels

30.00

13.

Coghill net for eels

30.00

14.

Fyke nets for eels

£30 for a train of twenty nets or less together with, in case the train is one of more than twenty nets, 150 new pence for each net in excess of twenty.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 23rd day of December, 1982.

PADDY O'TOOLE,

Minister for Fisheries and Forestry.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Order prescribes the rates of salmon, eel and oyster fishing licence duties and salmon dealers' and salmon exporters' licence fees payable from 1 January, 1983.