77.—(1) Where F95[Inland Fisheries Ireland] is authorised by order of the Minister under this Act to issue special local licences to use, in special tidal waters F96[…], any particular kind of fishing engine for the taking of salmon or trout, the Minister may, whenever and as often as he thinks fit, by order do the following things:—

(a) declare that such three periods in each year as the Minister thinks proper and specifies in such order shall be issue periods for the purposes of such order;

(b) authorise F95[Inland Fisheries Ireland] to issue during the first issue period in any year special local licences to use in such tidal waters a fishing engine of such kind for the taking of salmon or trout on payment of a specified proportion of the appropriate special local licence duty, subject however to the following condition (which shall be endorsed on each such licence), that the balance of such duty shall be paid in three equal instalments, and that each such instalment shall be paid not later than the date specified in such order as the date for the payment thereof;

(c) authorise F95[Inland Fisheries Ireland] to issue during the second issue period in any year special local licences to use in such tidal waters a fishing engine of such kind for the taking of salmon or trout on payment of a specified proportion of the appropriate special local licence duty, subject however to the following condition (which shall be endorsed on each such licence), that the balance of such duty shall be paid in two equal instalments, and that each such instalment shall be paid not later than the date specified in such order as the date for the payment thereof;

(d) authorise F95[Inland Fisheries Ireland] to issue during the third issue period in any year special local licences to use in such tidal waters a fishing engine of such kind for the taking of salmon or trout on payment of a specified proportion of the appropriate special local licence duty, subject however to the following condition (which shall be endorsed on each such licence), that the balance of such duty shall be paid not later than the date specified in such order as the date for the payment thereof.

(2) An order under this section may relate to different kinds of fishing engine for the taking of salmon or trout, and in that case may contain different provisions in relation to each kind of fishing engine for the taking of salmon or trout to which the order relates.

(3) The Minister may by order revoke or amend any order made under this section (including this subsection).

(4) Where a special local licence is issued by F95[Inland Fisheries Ireland] in exercise of the powers conferred on F95[Inland Fisheries Ireland] by an order under this section, the following provisions shall have effect:—

(a) if there is a breach of the condition endorsed on such licence in accordance with such order, such licence shall cease to be in force immediately upon such breach, and

(b) upon payment of any instalment, or, in the case of a special local licence issued during a third issue period under such order, the balance, of the appropriate special local licence duty in accordance with such condition, the clerk of such board shall, upon production of such licence, endorse thereon a certificate of such payment.