Article 10 Close seasons and times

(1)

In section 27 of the 1952 Act (times of fishing) at the end there shall be added—

“(5)
Different periods may be prescribed under this section in respect of different kinds of fish and, where a period is so prescribed for a particular kind of fish, references in this Act to the annual close season, the annual close season for angling or the weekly close time shall, as the case may require, be construed in relation to that kind of fish as references to the period so prescribed.
(6)
Regulations may provide that this section and sections 28 and 29 shall not apply to fish of a prescribed kind.”.

(2)

In sections 28 (close seasons) and 29 (close times) after the words “salmon or trout” wherever those words occur there shall be inserted the words “ or any other fish of a kind prescribed for the purposes of this section ”.

(3)

In section 33 (use of nets during close season or close time) for the words “annual close season or weekly close time” there shall be substituted the words “ annual close season for salmon or trout or weekly close time for salmon or trout ”.