Fisheries (Amendment) Act 2003

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Number 21 of 2003


FISHERIES (AMENDMENT) ACT 2003


ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

PART 1

Preliminary and General

Section

1.

Short title, collective citation and construction.

2.

Interpretation.

PART 2

Licensing of Sea-Fishing Boats and Certain Sea-Fishing

3.

Licensing authority.

4.

Sea-fishing boat licences.

5.

Licence application, licence and other fees.

PART 3

Independent Appeals System

6.

Appeals Officer.

7.

Right of appeal.

8.

Oral hearings.

9.

Notification of appeals to, and supply of documents, etc., by, licensing authority.

10.

Submissions or observations by parties to appeal.

11.

Submissions or observations by persons other than parties to appeal.

12.

Power of Appeals Officer to request submissions or observations.

13.

Appeals Officer to give copy of submissions or observations to appellant, etc.

14.

Power of Appeals Officer to require submission of documents, etc.

15.

Appeals Officer to give copy of documents, etc., submitted to appellant, etc.

16.

Determination of appeals.

17.

Time for appeals, etc., extended where office of Appeals Officer is closed.

18.

Reference of certain questions of law to High Court.

19.

Applications for judicial review.

20.

Regulations (Part 3).

21.

Offences and penalties.

PART 4

Conservation and Management of Fish Stocks

22.

Interpretation (Part 4).

23.

Party states.

24.

Conservation areas.

25.

Regulations relating to conservation and management of straddling and highly migratory fish stocks.

26.

Sea fisheries protection officers.

27.

Duty of master of sea-fishing boat in conservation area.

28.

Forfeiture of sea-fishing boats in certain circumstances.

29.

Suspension or cancellation of certificate of competency of master, etc., of Irish sea-fishing boat in certain circumstances.

30.

Increase in certain fines.

31.

Amendment of Schedule 3.

PART 5

Foreshore Application and Other Fees

32.

Foreshore application and other fees.

SCHEDULE 1

Appeals Officer

SCHEDULE 2

United Nations Agreement on the implementation of the provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982 relating to the conservation and management of straddling fish stocks and highly migratory fish stocks

SCHEDULE 3

List of Highly Migratory Fish Species


Acts Referred to

Civil Service Regulation Act 1956

1956, No. 46

European Communities Act 1972

1972, No. 27

European Parliament Elections Act 1997

1997, No. 2

Fisheries (Amendment) Act 1978

1978, No. 18

Fisheries (Amendment) Act 1983

1983, No. 27

Fisheries (Amendment) Act 1994

1994, No. 23

Fisheries (Consolidation) Act 1959

1959, No. 14

Fisheries Acts 1959 to 2001

Foreshore Act 1933

1933, No. 12

Foreshore Acts 1933 to 1998

Local Government Act 2001

2001, No. 37

Mercantile Marine Act 1955

1955, No. 29

Merchant Shipping Act 1894

56 & 57 Vic., c. 60

Merchant Shipping (Certification of Seamen) Act 1979

1979, No. 37

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Number 21 of 2003


FISHERIES (AMENDMENT) ACT 2003


AN ACT TO ENABLE EFFECT TO BE GIVEN TO THE UNITED NATIONS AGREEMENT ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROVISIONS OF THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON THE LAW OF THE SEA OF 10 DECEMBER 1982 RELATING TO THE CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT OF STRADDLING FISH STOCKS AND HIGHLY MIGRATORY FISH STOCKS, TO PROVIDE FOR AN INDEPENDENT APPEALS SYSTEM IN RELATION TO THE LICENSING OF SEA-FISHING BOATS, TO AMEND AND EXTEND THE FORESHORE ACT 1933, THE FISHERIES ACTS 1959 TO 2001 AND THE MERCHANT SHIPPING (CERTIFICATION OF SEAMEN) ACT 1979, AND TO PROVIDE FOR RELATED MATTERS. [1st July, 2003.]

BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS: