{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fisheries-act-northern-ireland-1966/section-116",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fisheries-act-northern-ireland-1966/section-116.json",
  "legislation": "apni/1966/17",
  "legislation_title": "Fisheries Act (Northern Ireland) 1966",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fisheries-act-northern-ireland-1966",
  "path": "section/116",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "116",
  "heading": "Appeal from refusal of licence.",
  "text": "(1) When the Departmentrefuses to grant to a person who has complied with the provisions of section 114 or 115 either a dealer's licence or, as the case may be, the renewal of a dealer's licence, it shall send to that person a notice—\n(a) stating the grounds upon which the licence or renewal is refused; and\n(b) informing him of his right of appeal under subsection (2) and of the time within which the appeal may be brought.\n(2) A person who is aggrieved by a refusal of the Department to grant to him a dealer's licence or to renew such a licence of which he is or was the holder may, within twenty-eight days from the date on which a notice under subsection (1) is served on him, appeal to the county court against such refusal.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 116: words in Act substituted (1.6.2009) by Public Authorities (Reform) Act (Northern Ireland) 2009 (c. 3), ss. 1(3)(b), 7(1), Sch. 1 Pt. 2 para. 3(1)(a) (with Sch. 1 Pt. 1 para. 4(3)); S.R. 2009/172, art. 2(a)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in s. 116(1) substituted (1.6.2009) by Public Authorities (Reform) Act (Northern Ireland) 2009 (c. 3), ss. 1(3)(b), 7(1), Sch. 1 Pt. 2 para. 3(27) (with Sch. 1 Pt. 1 para. 4(3)); S.R. 2009/172, art. 2(a)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "S. 116(1): word in Act substituted (1.6.2009) by Public Authorities (Reform) Act (Northern Ireland) 2009 (c. 3), ss. 1(3)(b), 7(1), Sch. 1 Pt. 2 para. 3(1)(b) (with Sch. 1 Pt. 1 para. 4(3)); S.R. 2009/172, art. 2(a)(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1966/17/section/116",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T21:32:15.701581+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}