Electricity (Supply) (Amendment) Act, 1945

PART III.

Acquisition and Management of Fisheries.

Acquisition of fisheries and fishing rights.

15.—Whenever application is duly made to the Board either for compensation on account of the termination, restriction, or other interference (whether permanent or temporary) by the Board under this Act of or with a fishery or fishing right or for compensation for injury to a fishery and the Board, after consultation with the Minister for Agriculture, determines that for economic or other reasons it would be more expedient to acquire the fishery or fishing right to which such application relates, the Board shall acquire by agreement or, in default of agreement, compulsorily such fishery or fishing right and such land, way-leaves, and other rights as are, in the opinion of the Board, ancillary to or necessary for the enjoyment of such fishery or fishing right.