Section 27 Close seasons and close time.

The annual close season in the Foyle AreaF1 and the Carlingford Area shall be the period prescribed for that purpose or, if no period is prescribed, the period beginning on the first day of September and ending on the fourteenth day of April next following.

The annual close season for angling in the Foyle Area and the Carlingford Area shall be the period prescribed for that purpose, or, if no period is prescribed, the period beginning on the thirteenth day of October and ending on the thirty-first day of January next following.

The weekly close time in the Foyle Area and the Carlingford Area shall be the period prescribed for that purpose or, if no period is prescribed, the period beginning at 6 o'clock a.m. on Saturday and ending at 6 o'clock a.m. on the following Monday.

Different periods may be prescribed under this section in respect of different parts of the Foyle Area and the Carlingford Area and, where a period is so prescribed for a particular part of that area, 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 part as references to the period so prescribed.

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.

Regulations may provide that this section and sections 28 and 29 shall not apply to fish of a prescribed kind.