Foyle Area and Carlingford Area (Licensing of Fishing Engines) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2007 (S.R. No. 277 of 2007)

S T A T U T O R Y R U L E S O F N O R T H E R N I R E L A N D 2007 No. 277 FISHERIES Foyle Area and Carlingford Area (Licensing of Fishing Engines) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2007 Made - - - - 4th May 2007 Coming into operation - 9th May 2007 The Foyle, Carlingford and Irish Lights Commission, in exercise of its powers under section 13(1) (amended by section 34(3) of the British-Irish Agreement Act 1999(a) and section 5(1) of the British-Irish Agreement (Amendment) Act 2002(a)) and 13(2) of the Foyle Fisheries Act 1952(a) which stand transferred to it under section 34(1) of the British-Irish Agreement Act 1999, and in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 13(1) and (2) of the Foyle Fisheries Act (Northern Ireland) 1952(b) and now vested in it(c) with the approval of the Government of Ireland and the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, under the agreement made between those Governments on 19th November 2002(d) and section 5(1) of the British-Irish Agreement (Amendment) Act 2002, hereby makes the following Regulations: Citation and Commencement 1. These Regulations may be cited as the Foyle Area and Carlingford Area (Licensing of Fishing Engines) (Amendment No.2) Regulations 2007 and shall come into operation on 9th May 2007. Amendment of the Foyle Area and Carlingford Area (Licensing of Fishing Engines) Regulations 2001 2. For the Schedule to the Foyle Area and Carlingford Area (Licensing of Fishing Engines) Regulations 2001(e) there shall be substituted the Schedule as set out in the Schedule to these Regulations. Revocation 3. The Foyle Area and Carlingford Area (Licensing of Fishing Engines) (Amendment) Regulations 2005(f) are hereby revoked. (a) Legislation of the Republic of Ireland (b) 1952 c.5 (N.I.) as amended by S.I. 1999/859 (c) By S.I. 1999/859 Article 21(1) (d) Cm 5708 (e) S.R. 2001 No. 397, as amended by S.R. 2003 No. 114, S.R. 2003 No. 524, S.R. 2004 No. 522, S.R. 2005 No. 562 and S.R.2007 No. 19 (f) S.R. 2005 No. 562 2 Given under the Seal of the Foyle, Carlingford and Irish Lights Commission on 4th May 2007. R.J.D Anderson Chief Executive of the Loughs Agency Approved by the Government of Ireland and the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland on 4th May 2007. T Hanney M Bunting being persons authorised by those Governments to signify approval on their behalf. 3 SCHEDULE Regulation 2 Replacement Schedule to the Foyle Area and Carlingford Area (Licensing of Fishing Engines) Regulations 2001 “SCHEDULE Regulations 3,4,5,6,7 and 8 Licence Fees PART I Description of Fishing Engine Fishing Licence Fee £ Fishing Licence Fee € Draft Net used wholly or partly in the tidal waters of the River Foyle between the confluence of the Rivers Mourne and Finn and an imaginary straight line drawn across the River Foyle to join the points where the southernmost boundary of the County of Londonderry meets the river on each side. 179.00 261.00 Draft Net used wholly or partly in the River Roe upstream of the defined mouth. 188.00 274.00 Draft Net used wholly in the waters of the Foyle Area elsewhere than in – (a) the tidal waters of the River Foyle between the confluence of the Rivers Mourne and Finn and an imaginary straight line drawn across the River Foyle to join the points where the southernmost boundary of the County of Londonderry meets the river on each side; or (b) the River Roe upstream of the defined mouth. 145.00 211.00 4 Drift Net used wholly in Lough Foyle, south of the seaward limit of Lough Foyle (the seaward limit of which for the purposes of these Regulations shall be deemed to be an imaginary straight line drawn between Greencastle Fort in the County of Donegal and the Martello Tower at Magilligan Point in the County of Londonderry). 253.00 369.00 PART II Description of Fishing Engine Fishing Licence Fee £ Fishing Licence Fee € Stake Net 581.00 847.00 Bag Net 349.00 508.00 Fixed Draft Net 364.00 530.00 PART III Description of Fishing Engine Licence Fishing Licence Fee £ Fishing Licence Fee € Season Game Fishing Rod and Line. 16.00 23.50 Fourteen Day Game Fishing Rod and Line. 8.00 11.50 Three Day Game Fishing Rod and Line. 3.50 5.00 Season Game Fishing Rod and Line to be issued to a person under the age of eighteen. 2.00 3.00 Season Game Fishing Rod and Line provided applicant can produce at the time of application a season game fishing rod licence for the time being in force and issued by the Fisheries Conservancy Board for Northern Ireland, or a salmon rod (annual) ordinary licence for the time being in force and issued 1.00 1.50 5 under section 67 of the Fisheries (Consolidation) Act 1959(a), or a salmon rod (annual) (district) ordinary licence for the time being in force and issued under section 16 of the Fisheries (Amendment) Act 1991(a). Season Coarse Fishing Rod and Line. 16.00 23.50 Season Coarse Fishing Rod and Line to be issued to a person under the age of eighteen. 2.00 3.00” (a) Legislation of the Republic of Ireland 6 EXPLANATORY NOTE (This note is not part of the Regulations) These Regulations amend the Foyle Area and Carlingford Area (Licensing of Fishing Engines) Regulations 2001 by retaining the Schedule to those Regulations with the omission of the references to Drift Nets used wholly to seaward of Lough Foyle and Drift Nets used partly in Lough Foyle and partly seaward of the seaward limit of Lough Foyle. Published and printed in the UK by The Stationery Office Limited under the authority and superintendence of Carol Tullo, Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office being the Government Printer for Northern Ireland and the Officer appointed to print the Acts of the Northern Ireland Assembly Dd. N3260. C2. 5/07. Gp. 130. 14567.