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14 1959

FISHERIES (CONSOLIDATION) ACT, 1959

PART XV.

Molluscs (other than Oysters).

Extension of sections 245 to 253 to mussel beds, periwinkle beds and cockle beds.

281. —(1) Section 245 shall extend to and include mussel beds, periwinkle beds, and cockle beds, and the Minister is hereby empowered to grant in respect of the said beds the licences mentioned in the said section 245.

(2) Sections 246 to 253 shall extend to and include mussel beds and mussel fisheries, periwinkle beds and periwinkle fisheries, and cockle beds and cockle fisheries.

Extension of sections 256 to 269 to mussels.

282. —Sections 256 to 269 shall apply to mussels, mussel beds and mussel fisheries in the same way as they respectively apply to oysters and to oyster beds and oyster fisheries.

Close season for molluscs (other than oysters).

283. —(1) The Minister, if he thinks fit, may make a bye-law fixing a period or periods in each year within which it shall not be lawful to take or attempt to take molluscs (other than oysters) of the kind specified in the bye-law from any locality specified in the bye-law or to have in possession or custody or sell or attempt to sell molluscs (other than oysters) of that kind taken from the said locality, and the period or periods so fixed in relation to any locality by any such bye-law shall, so long as such bye-law remains in force, be the close season for molluscs (other than oysters) of the kind specified in the bye-law in that locality.

(2) The provisions set out in the Fifth Schedule to this Act shall apply in relation to the making or alteration of any bye-law made under this section.

Bye-laws prohibiting the taking of molluscs (other than oysters) during a specified period.

284. —(1) The Minister may, on the application of any person interested or on his own motion, make a bye-law fixing a period (not exceeding three years) during which it shall not be lawful to take or attempt to take molluscs (other than oysters) of the kind specified in the bye-law from any locality specified in the bye-law.

(2) The provisions set out in the Fifth Schedule to this Act shall apply in relation to the making of any bye-law under this section.