Fisheries (Consolidation) Act 1959
F279[Payments to Inland Fisheries Ireland in respect of fines for certain offences
315.— (1) This section applies to—
(a) an offence under any section of this Act (other than a section contained in Part XV or XVI or section 217, 290 or 323), and
(b) an offence against any bye-law made under section 57 of the Inland Fisheries Act 2010.
(2) Where a fine imposed for an offence to which this section applies has been paid or levied, then, unless the fine has been wholly remitted, there shall be paid to Inland Fisheries Ireland a sum equal to the fine, or, if the fine was remitted in part, of so much thereof as was not remitted.
(3) All moneys payable under subsection (2) shall be paid by the Minister out of moneys provided by the Oireachtas at such times as he or she thinks fit.
(4) A reference in subsection (2) to a fine imposed for an offence to which this section applies shall be construed as including a reference to a fine imposed under this section and not paid in whole or in part before the coming into operation of section 265 of the Policing, Security and Community Safety Act 2024.]
Annotations
Amendments:
F279
Substituted (2.04.2025) by Policing, Security and Community Safety Act 2024 (1/2024), s. 265(a), S.I. No. 107 of 2025.
Modifications (not altering text):
C238
Section applied with modifications and references to "penalty" and “the forfeiture” construed (4.07.1978) by Fisheries (Amendment) Act 1978 (18/1978), s. 2(5)(b), commenced on enactment.
Indictable and summary proceedings for certain offences.
2.— …
(5) …
(b) Part XIX of the Principal Act shall apply to the fines and forfeitures provided for by this section and the Tables to this section as it applies to the fines and forfeitures referred to in that Part and references in sections 316 and 317 of the Principal Act to a District Justice and the District Court shall, in the case of a conviction by a court other than the District Court, be construed as references to that other court.
Editorial Notes:
E1650
Previous affecting provision: subs. (2)(a)(i) amended (1.07.2010) by Inland Fisheries Act 2010 (10/2010), s. 8(3)(a) and sch. 2 part 1 paras. (1), (2) item 28, S.I. No. 262 of 2010; substituted (2.04.2025) as per F-note above.
E1651
Previous affecting provision: subs. (1)(a) amended (1.01.1988) by Fisheries (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 1987 (32/1987), s. 16, S.I. No. 346 of 1987; substituted (2.04.2025) as per F-note above.
E1652
Previous affecting provision: subs. (2)(b) amended (29.10.1980) by Fisheries Act 1980 (1/1980), s. 6(1) and sch. 1, S.I. No. 323 of 1980; substituted (2.04.2025) as per F-note above.
E1653
Previous affecting provision: subs. (2)(a)(i) amended (18.03.1980) by Fisheries Act 1980 (1/1980), s. 11(5) and sch. 4 part 1 para. 1(fff), commenced on enactment; superseded (1.07.2010) as per E-note above.