Fisheries (Consolidation) Act 1959
Regulations as to construction and user of stake nets and bag nets.
106.—If any person—
(a) constructs, maintains or uses a stake net which is capable of taking undersized fish or the fry of salmon or of any other fish, or
(b) maintains or uses any stake net, the meshes of the nets whereof are not stretched to their full opening, or
(c) maintains or uses a stake net which is so constructed that a clear opening of at least four feet in width cannot be made in the pouches, traps and chambers of such stake net, from the top to the bottom thereof, or
(d) maintains or uses any bag net, the meshes of the nets of any leader whereof are not stretched to their full opening, or
(e) maintains or uses any bag net which is so constructed that the leaders thereof cannot be raised and kept out of the water,
such person shall be guilty of an offence under this section and shall be liable on summary conviction thereof to a fine of not less than one pound and not more than ten pounds.
Annotations
Modifications (not altering text):
C66
Penalties under section altered (1.07.2010) by Inland Fisheries Act 2010 (10/2010), s. 77(1), (8) and table part 1, S.I. No. 262 of 2010. Note that the full history of the alteration of penalties under this section can be found in the annotations at the beginning of the Act under “Be it enacted by the Oireachtas as follows”.
A fine of €1,000 translates into a class D fine, not greater than €1,000, as provided (4.01.2011) by Fines Act 2010 (8/2010), ss. 3, 7(2) and table ref. no. 1, S.I. No. 662 of 2010.
Alteration of certain penalties under the Principal Act, the Act of 1962 or the Act of 1994.
77.— (1) A person convicted by the District Court of an offence for which a penalty is provided in any section of the Principal Act specified in column (2) of Part 1 of the Table to this section at any reference number shall, in lieu of so much of the penalty so provided as consists of a fine, imprisonment, a fine or imprisonment, or a fine and imprisonment, be liable to the appropriate penalty specified in column (3) of that Part at that reference number, and that section shall be read and have effect accordingly.
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(8) This section has effect in respect of offences committed after the establishment day.
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Penalty |
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2. |
49, 105, 106, 152, 153, 162, 255, 265, 286, 287, 288, 290, 294, 298, 303, 304, 306, 323. |
A fine not exceeding €1000. |
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