S.I. No. 247/1975 - Oyster Fishing Licences (Alteration of Licence Duty) Order, 1975.

S.I. No. 247 of 1975.

OYSTER FISHING LICENCES (ALTERATION OF LICENCE DUTY) ORDER, 1975.

I, MICHAEL PAT MURPHY, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 279 of the Fisheries (Consolidation) Act, 1959 (No. 14 of 1959), and the Fisheries (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order, 1965 ( S.I. No. 83 of 1965 ) (as adapted by the Agriculture (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order, 1965 ( S.I. No. 146 of 1965 )), and the Fisheries (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) Order, 1973 ( S.I. No. 93 of 1973 ), hereby order as follows:

1. This Order may be cited as the Oyster Fishing Licences (Alteration of Licence Duty) Order, 1975.

2. The duty in respect of an oyster fishing licence is hereby altered with effect from the 1st day of January, 1976, to four pounds.

GIVEN under my hand, this 23rd day of October, 1975.

MICHAEL PAT MURPHY,

Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This Order prescribes that as from 1 January, 1976, the licence duty payable on an oyster fishing licence shall be £4.