Fisheries (Consolidation) Act 1959
F280[Payments to Inland Fisheries Ireland in respect of proceeds of certain forfeitures.
318.—(1) Where—
(a) anything is forfeited under—
(i) section 302,
(ii) any other section of this Act, other than a section in Part XV or XVI, or
(iii) any bye-law made under section 57 of the Inland Fisheries Act 2010,
and
(b) such thing is sold by direction of the Minister under section 317,
there shall be paid to Inland Fisheries Ireland a sum equal to the said net proceeds of such sale.
(2) All moneys payable under subsection (1) shall be paid by the Minister out of moneys provided by the Oireachtas at such times as he or she thinks fit.]
Annotations
Amendments:
F280
Substituted by Policing, Security and Community Safety Act 2024 (1/2024), s. 265(b), not commenced as of date of revision.
Modifications (not altering text):
C242
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:
E1654
Previous affecting provision: subss. (1)(b)(i)(I), (ii) amended (1.07.2010) by Inland Fisheries Act 2010 (10/2010), s. 8(3)(a) and sch. 2 part 1 paras. (1), (2) item 29(a), (b), S.I. No. 262 of 2010; substituted (2.04.2025) as per F-note above.
E1655
Previous affecting provision: subs. (1)(a) amended (1.01.1988) by Fisheries (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 1987 (32/1987), s. 17, S.I. No. 346 of 1987; substituted (2.04.2025) as per F-note above.
E1656
Previous affecting provision: subs. (1)(b)(i), (ii) amended (18.03.1980) by Fisheries Act 1980 (1/1980), s. 11(5) and sch. 4 part 1 para. 1(ggg), (hhh), commenced on enactment; superseded (1.07.2010) as per F-note above.