The Foyle Area (Angling Permits) Regulations 2011

Made: 4th July 2011

Coming into operation: 1st November 2011

The Foyle, Carlingford and Irish Lights Commission, with the approval of the North/South Ministerial Council, makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 13(1) and 14B(1)(b) of the Foyle Fisheries Act 1952[^f00001] and sections 13(1) and 14B(1)(b) of the Foyle Fisheries Act (Northern Ireland) 1952[^f00002] and now vested in it[^f00003].

Citation, commencement and application

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• (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Foyle Area (Angling Permits) Regulations 2011 and shall come into operation on 1st November 2011.

• (2) These Regulations apply in the Foyle Area only.

Interpretation

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In these Regulations—

• “the defined mouth”, in relation to the River Foyle, means the mouth of that river as defined by instrument dated 8th February 1864 made under section 17 of the Salmon Fishery (Ireland) Act 1863[^f00004];

• “River Finn angling permit” means a permit issued under section 14B(1) of the Foyle Fisheries Act 1952 or section 14B(1) of the Foyle Fisheries Act (Northern Ireland) 1952 to fish with rod and line in the waters of the River Finn which lie between an imaginary straight line drawn at right angles to the course of the river from the upstream end of the flood bank situated on the left or northern side of the river 1,073 metres downstream of the boundary between the townlands of Liscooley and Carrick in County Donegal and an imaginary straight line drawn at right angles across the river in continuation of the boundaries between the townlands of the Urney Glebe and Flushtown in County Tyrone;

• “River Foyle angling permit” means a permit issued under section 14B(1) of the Foyle Fisheries Act 1952 or section 14B(1) of the Foyle Fisheries Act (Northern Ireland) 1952 to fish with rod and line in the waters of the River Foyle which lie between an imaginary straight line drawn at right angles to the course of the river through the southernmost point of the townland of Islandmore in County Donegal and the defined mouth of the River Foyle.

Fees for the issue of River Finn angling permits and River Foyle angling permits

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The Schedule has effect for prescribing the fee to be paid to the Commission for the issue of a River Finn angling permit and a River Foyle angling permit.

Revocation

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The Foyle Area (Rivers Finn and Foyle Angling Permits) Regulations 2000[^f00005] are revoked.

SCHEDULE

Signed

Given under the Seal of the Foyle, Carlingford and Irish Lights Commission on 4th July 2011.

R.J.D Anderson — Chief Executive of the — Loughs Agency

Approved by the North/South Ministerial Council on 4th July 2011.

A Barrington — M Bunting — Joint Secretary of the — Joint Secretary of the North/South Ministerial Council — North/South Ministerial Council — being persons authorised by the North/South Ministerial Council to signify approval on its behalf.

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

These Regulations revoke the Foyle Area (Rivers Finn and Foyle Angling Permits) Regulations 2000.

These Regulations prescribe the fees payable to the Foyle, Carlingford and Irish Lights Commission for the issue of River Finn and River Foyle angling permits.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: Legislation of the Republic of Ireland

[^f00002]: 1952 c.5 (N.I.) as amended by S.I. 1999/859 and S.I 2007/915 (N.I. 9)

[^f00003]: S.I. 1999/859 Article 21(1)

[^f00004]: 26 & 27 Vict., c. 114. Section 17 of the Salmon Fishery (Ireland) Act 1863 was repealed by section 211 of, and Schedule 8 to, the Fisheries Act (Northern Ireland) 1966 (c.17 (N.I.)), but by virtue of section 13(4) of Foyle Fisheries Act (Northern Ireland) 1952, any instrument made under section 17 of the Salmon Fishery (Ireland) Act 1863 which was in force immediately before the date appointed by order made under section 10 of the Foyle Fisheries Act (Northern Ireland) 1952 and applied to the part of the Foyle Area which is in Northern Ireland continued in force and is deemed to be made under section 13 of that Act.

[^f00005]: S.R. 2000 No. 248