Fisheries (Amendment) (No. 2) Act, 1987

Amendment of section 182 of Principal Act.

13.—Section 182 of the Principal Act is hereby amended in paragraph (e) of subsection (2) by the substitution of the following sub-paragraph for subparagraph (iii) of that paragraph:

“(iii) he proves that the trout was captured by the holder of a licence to fish with rod and line for trout or that it was captured by a person to whom subsection (2) of section 66 (as amended by the Fisheries (Amendment) (No. 2) Act, 1987) related at the time of the capture, and”,

and the said paragraph (e), as so amended, is set out in the Table to this section.

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(e) Where—

(i) a person is charged with an offence under this subsection in relation to a trout, and

(ii) he proves that the trout was captured by rod and line at a particular place during a period other than the annual close season for angling for trout at that place, and

(iii) he proves that the trout was captured by the holder of a licence to fish with rod and line for trout or that it was captured by a person to whom subsection (2) of section 66 (as amended by the Fisheries (Amendment) (No. 2) Act, 1987) related at the time of the capture, and

(iv) he proves that otherwise the trout was lawfully captured,

the charge against him shall be dismissed.