Fisheries (Consolidation) Act, 1959

Renewal of Part X licences.

160.—(1) Where—

(a) either—

(i) the holder of a Part X licence which is for the time being in force (either by virtue of the original issue or a renewal thereof) applies, within fourteen days before its expiration, to the board of conservators by whom the licence was issued for a renewal of the licence, or

(ii) the holder of a Part X licence which was in force (either by virtue of the original issue or a renewal thereof) on the 31st day of December in any year applies within one month after its expiration to the board of conservators by whom the licence was issued for a renewal of the licence, and

(b) there is sent with the application the sum of one pound (being the excise duty imposed, in case the licence is a salmon dealer's licence, by section 42 of the Finance Act, 1925 , or, in case the licence is a salmon exporter's licence, by section 12 of the Finance Act, 1940 ),

then, subject to section 43 of the Finance Act, 1925 , or to section 12 of the Finance Act, 1940 (whichever of those sections is applicable), such board of conservators may renew such licence.

(2) Every application for the renewal of a Part X licence to a board of conservators shall—

(a) be made in writing to the clerk of such board,

(b) be in the prescribed form and contain the prescribed particulars.

(3) Every renewal of a Part X licence shall be in the prescribed form.

(4) Every renewal of a Part X licence shall (unless the licence is previously terminated) continue in force until the expiration of the calendar year for which the licence was last renewed and shall then expire.