Section 40 Effect of fishing licences.
Northern Ireland
A fishing licence shall operate in accordance with the terms of the F1regulations under which it is issued and of the licence but shall not be construed—
as conferring on any person using any fishing engine any right of fishing in any place, being a right which he does not otherwise possess; or
as affecting the rights of any person other than the licence-holder or, in the case of a licence to which section 39 does not apply, the person using the fishing engine; or
as making legal any fishing engine that would otherwise be illegal, or as implying any recognition of the legality of any fishing engine; or
as rendering lawful anything which is unlawful by virtue of any enactment other than this Part.
Annotations
Textual amendments
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S. 40: 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)(c) (with Sch. 1 Pt. 1 para. 4(3)); S.R. 2009/172, art. 2(a)(b)
Notes on the whole Act
Textual amendments
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App. (hovercraft), SI 1972/971