S.I. No. 588/2017 - Fisheries (Amendment) Act 1997 (Prescribed Organisations For Aquaculture Licences Appeals Board) Regulations 2017


Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 26th December, 2017.

I, MICHAEL CREED, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 23 (3) of the Fisheries (Amendment) Act 1997 (No. 23 of 1997) and the Sea-Fisheries, Foreshore and Dumping at Sea (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2007 ( S.I. No. 707 of 2007 ) (as adapted by the Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2011 ( S.I. No. 455 of 2011 )), hereby make the following regulations:

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Fisheries (Amendment) Act 1997 (Prescribed Organisations for the Aquaculture Licences Appeals Board) Regulations 2017.

2. The organisations specified in the Schedule to these Regulations are prescribed for the purposes of section 23 (3) of the Fisheries (Amendment) Act, 1997 (No. 23 of 1997).

3. The Fisheries (Amendment) Act 1997 (Prescribed Organisations for the Aquaculture Licences Appeals Board) Regulations 2011 ( S.I. No. 621 of 2011 ) is revoked.

SCHEDULE

PRESCRIBED ORGANISATIONS

Prescribed for the purposes of Section 23(3)(a)

IFA Aquaculture

Irish Salmon Growers Association Limited

Irish Shellfish Association

Prescribed for the purposes of Section 23(3)(b)

Angling Council of Ireland

Irish Fish Producers Organisation

Prescribed for the purposes of Section 23(3)(c)

Engineers Ireland

The Irish Planning Institute Ltd

Royal Institute of Architects Ireland

The Royal Town Planning Institute, Irish Branch

Prescribed for the purposes of Section 23(3)(d)

An Taisce

Coast Watch Europe — Ireland Branch

The Irish Environmental Network

The Irish Tourist Industry Confederation

Prescribed for the purposes of Section 23(3)(e)

Irish Business and Employers Confederation Limited

Irish Congress of Trade Unions

Irish Small and Medium Enterprises Association Limited

Small Firms Association

The Chambers of Commerce of Ireland Limited

Prescribed for the purposes of Section 23(3) (f)

Muintir na Tire

Irish Rural Link

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GIVEN under my Official Seal,

14 December 2017.

MICHAEL CREED,

Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation).

These Regulations prescribe certain organisations for the purpose of enabling them to nominate persons from whom the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine may appoint 6 ordinary members of the Aquaculture Licences Appeals Board under Section 23 of the Fisheries (Amendment) Act 1997 .