# Fisheries Act (Northern Ireland) 1966, Section 37: Power to make regulations respecting fishing licences.

Extent: N.I.

(1) Regulations made by the Department under subsection (1) of section 26 may (without prejudice to the provisions of paragraphs ( g), ( h) and ( i) of that subsection or to the provisions of section 70(2)( a), ( c) or ( d)),—
(a) authorise the issue of different classes of fishing licence in respect of any one or more than one kind of fish, or any one or more than one description of fishing engine, specified in the regulations ;
(b) prescribe different forms, periods of duration, territorial limitations, terms and conditions, or duties, in respect of different classes of licence and, in the case of different classes of licence, provide that reduced duties may be paid by persons of such class or description as is specified in the regulations;
(c) limit, subject to subsection (2), the number of licences which may be issued to authorise the use of fishing engines for the taking of fish;
(d) prescribe the records to be kept and the returns to be made by the holder of any licence to fish with rod and line or hand line;
(e) provide for an appeal to a magistrates' court against the revocation by the Department of, or the refusal of the Department to issue or renew, any fishing licence;
(f) provide for the exemption of persons who have not attained the age of sixteen, or such other age as may be prescribed by the regulations , from the requirement to hold a fishing licence to fish for, take or kill fish of any kind so prescribed by rod and line or hand line.
(2) Nothing in regulations made under subsection (1)(c) shall affect the lawful use by any person of—
(a) a rod and line or a handline in the freshwater portion of any river or lake,
(b) a draft net in the circumstances specified in section 71(2)(d),
(c) a fishing weir or fixed engine in the circumstances specified in section 73(1).
(3) In subsection (1)(c)—
“licences” means licences of any class specified in the regulations, and
“fish” does not include eels.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1966/17/section/37 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/fisheries-act-northern-ireland-1966/section-37
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