# Fisheries Act (Northern Ireland) 1966, Section 56: Restrictions on the use of fishing engines and rods and lines at or in the vicinity of dams.

Extent: N.I.

(1) No person, other than a person to whom subsection (2) applies, shall—
[(a)] use any fishing engine (other than a rod and line) from any position on a dam or at any place within 200 metres above or below any dam; [ or
(b) use a rod and line from any position on or within 5 metres or such other distance as may be prescribed by regulations above or below any dam].
(2) Subsection (1) shall not apply to any person who is for the time being the owner of a several fishery in any place referred to in that subsection, and who is a successor in title of any other person who had exercised in that place the right of taking fish during the period of twenty years immediately preceding 14th August 1850 [; and paragraph ( b) of that subsection shall not apply in any case or class of case in which it is excluded (either absolutely or upon the observance of prescribed conditions) by regulations.]
(3) If any person contravenes subsection (1) he shall be guilty of an offence, ….

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1966/17/section/56 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/fisheries-act-northern-ireland-1966/section-56
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