Fisheries Act, 1939

Alteration of licence duties on certain nets and provision for payment thereof by instalments.

12.—(1) The First Schedule to the Fisheries Act, 1925 (No. 32 of 1925), is hereby amended by the insertion therein of the following rates of licence duties in lieu of the several duties mentioned at numbers 3 and 4 of the said Schedule, that is to say:—

3. Draft nets or seines

£5

0

0

4. Drift nets of any length

£5

0

0

and the Fisheries Acts, 1842 to 1937, shall be construed and have effect accordingly.

(2) Where, not later than the first day of the open season for fishing with engines other than single rod and line in any year for a fishery district, an application is made to the board of conservators for such fishery district for a licence to fish with a draft net or seine or a drift net, and the applicant tenders with his application one moiety of the licence duty payable in respect of such licence—

(a) such board of conservators shall issue such licence to the applicant subject however to the condition (which shall be endorsed on such licence) that the balance of the said licence duty shall be paid not later than the thirtieth day after the first day of such open season,

(b) if such condition is not complied with such licence shall on and after the expiration of the said thirtieth day cease to be in force.