Fisheries (Ireland) Act 1901
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1901 c. 38 |
| Year | 1901 |
Fisheries (Ireland) Act, 1901
(1 Edw. 7.) CHAPTER 38.
An Act to amend the Steam Trawling (Ireland) Act, 1889.
[17th August 1901]
B E it enacted by the King's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
1 Penalty for illegal trawling.
(1)1.—(1.) Every person who uses any trawl net or any method of fishing in contravention of any byelaw of the Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction for Ireland (in this Act referred to as the Department) made in pursuance of section three of the Steam Trawling (Ireland) Act, 1889 (in this Act referred to as the principal Act), shall be liable, on conviction under the Summary Jurisdiction Acts, to a fine not exceeding one hundred pounds, and every net used or attempted to be used in contravention of any such byelaw and every rope, warp, tackle, beam, pole, iron and other thing fastened to or used with any such net shall be forfeited and may be seized by any duly authorised officer of the Department or any officer appointed by the Department for the purposes of the Fisheries (Ireland) Act, 1842 , and shall, when seized, be dealt with, subject to the provisions of this Act, in the manner provided by section one hundred and three of the said Act of 1842, and for the purpose of such seizure any such officer may go on board any vessel propelled by steam employed in fishing.
(2) (2.) If the person to whom a summons under the principal Act is directed cannot be conveniently met with, it shall be deemed sufficient service of such summons upon him if a copy thereof is left for him at the usual place of abode or place of business, the same being within the United Kingdom, of the owner of the vessel on which such person was when the offence was committed.
(3) (3.) The court before whom a person is convicted under this Act may by the order provide that, if the fine imposed upon him is not paid within eight days after the conviction, one-half thereof shall be paid by, and may be recovered under the Summary Jurisdiction Acts from, such owner as aforesaid and that, in default of payment, by the person convicted, of the remainder of the said fine within a further period of eight days, the same may be recovered from him under the said Acts:
Provided that any sum paid by the owner under this enactment may be recovered by him as a debt...
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