{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/foyle-fisheries-act-northern-ireland-1952/section-41",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/foyle-fisheries-act-northern-ireland-1952/section-41.json",
  "legislation": "apni/1952/5",
  "legislation_title": "Foyle Fisheries Act (Northern Ireland) 1952",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/foyle-fisheries-act-northern-ireland-1952",
  "path": "section/41",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "41",
  "heading": "Penalty for pollution.",
  "text": "(1) . . . If any person causes or knowingly permits any deleterious matter to enter any river he shall be guilty of an offence against this Act and shall be liable\n(a) on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum;\n(b) on conviction on indictment, to a fine or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or to both.\n(1A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(3) Where a person (in this section referred to as “the person convicted”) has been convicted of an offence under subsection (1), the Commission\n(a) after consulting the owner of the fishing rights in the waters affected by the pollution; or\n(b) without such consultation if the Commission, upon making reasonable enquiries, is unable to ascertain the name and address of the owner,\nmay—\n(i) carry out such reinstatement of the waters as is reasonable in the circumstances, and\n(ii) recover the cost thereof from the person convicted.\n(4) Any question as to—\n(a) the reasonableness of any reinstatement to be undertaken under paragraph (i) of subsection (3); or\n(b) the costs to be recoverable under paragraph (ii) of that subsection,\nshall be referred to arbitration under and in accordance with the provisions of Part I of the Arbitration Act 1996.\n(5) Nothing in this section shall affect any right of the owner of fishing rights in the waters affected by the pollution to bring civil proceedings against the person convicted; but in assessing damages in any such proceedings the court shall take into account the value of any reinstatement carried out by the Commission under subsection (3).\n(6) Subsection (5) applies in relation to any such right vested in the Commission.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "1962 c. 5 (NI)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 41(1) repealed (1.4.2007) by Water and Sewerage Services (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/3336 (N.I. 21)), arts. 1(2), 308, Sch. 13 (with arts. 8(8), 121(3), 307); S.R. 2007/194, art. 2(2), Sch. 1 Pt. II (subject to art. 3, Sch. 2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "1994 NI 15"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "S. 41(1A) repealed (1.6.2008) by Foyle and Carlingford Fisheries (Northern Ireland) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/915 (N.I. 9)), arts. 1(3), 26(1), 34(2), Sch. 3 (with art. 32); S.R. 2008/232, art. 2, Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "S. 41(2) repealed (1.4.2007) by Water and Sewerage Services (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/3336 (N.I. 21)), arts. 1(2), 308, Sch. 13 (with arts. 8(8), 121(3), 307); S.R. 2007/194, art. 2(2), Sch. 1 Pt. II (subject to art. 3, Sch. 2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "1991 NI 13"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Words in s. 41(3)(i) substituted (1.6.2008) by Foyle and Carlingford Fisheries (Northern Ireland) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/915 (N.I. 9)), arts. 1(3), 14(a) (with art. 32); S.R. 2008/232, art. 2, Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "Word in s. 41(4)(a) substituted (1.6.2008) by Foyle and Carlingford Fisheries (Northern Ireland) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/915 (N.I. 9)), arts. 1(3), 14(c) (with art. 32); S.R. 2008/232, art. 2, Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F9",
      "text": "Words in s. 41(4) substituted (1.6.2008) by Foyle and Carlingford Fisheries (Northern Ireland) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/915 (N.I. 9)), arts. 1(3), 14(b) (with art. 32); S.R. 2008/232, art. 2, Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F10",
      "text": "Word in s. 41(5) substituted (1.6.2008) by Foyle and Carlingford Fisheries (Northern Ireland) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/915 (N.I. 9)), arts. 1(3), 14(c) (with art. 32); S.R. 2008/232, art. 2, Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 41 restricted by Water (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/662 (N.I. 6)), art. 10(a) (as substituted (1.4.2007) by Water and Sewerage Services (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/3336 (N.I. 21)), arts. 1(2), 281(1) (with arts. 8(8), 121(3), 307)); S.R. 2007/194, art. 2(2), Sch. 1 Pt. II (subject to art. 3, Sch. 2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1952/5/section/41",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T21:33:50.205675+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}