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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fisheries-act-northern-ireland-1966/section-137",
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  "legislation": "apni/1966/17",
  "legislation_title": "Fisheries Act (Northern Ireland) 1966",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fisheries-act-northern-ireland-1966",
  "path": "section/137",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "137",
  "heading": "Suspension or revocation of shell-fish fishery licence.",
  "text": "(1) Without prejudice to subsection (2), a shell-fish fishery licence may be suspended or revoked in accordance with the provisions of Schedule 1; and in the application of those provisions for the purposes of this section “licence” shall mean a shell-fish fishery licence.\n(2) Notwithstanding that there has not been, in relation to a shell-fish fishery licence, any contravention such as is mentioned in paragraph 1 of Schedule 1, the Department may suspend or revoke such a licence when it suspends or, as the case may be, revokes a fish culture licence held by the licensee in respect of any place at which the area specified in the shell-fish fishery licence is situated; but, where the revocation of the fish culture licence is annulled by the county court on an appeal under paragraph 6 of Schedule 1, the shell-fish fishery licence shall be revived.\n(3) Upon the revocation of a shell-fish fishery licence, all rights conferred by the licence shall absolutely determine, but they shall revive if the licence is revived under subsection (2).\n(4) When a shell-fish fishery licence is revoked the Department shall—\n(a) cause notice of the revocation to be published in the Belfast Gazette; and\n(b) notify the revocation to the Secretary of State, and also to the Crown Estate Commissioners where the licence was granted with their consent.]",
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  "version": "current",
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  "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."
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