S.I. No. 173/2022 - Fisheries (Commercial Fishing Licences) (Alteration of Duties and Fees) Order 2022

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 8th April, 2022.

I, EAMON RYAN, Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by sections 68 (4)(b), 159 (5)(a), 160 (5)(a) and 279 (2) of the Fisheries (Consolidation) Act 1959 (No. 14 of 1959) and the Fisheries (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 1977 ( S.I. No. 30 of 1977 ) (as adapted by the Communications, Climate Action and Environment (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2020 ( S.I. No. 373 of 2020 )), hereby make the following order with respect to which, pursuant to sections 68 (7), 159 (5)(b), 160 (5)(b) and 279 (4) of the Fisheries (Consolidation) Act 1959 , a draft has been laid before each House of the Oireachtas and a resolution approving of the draft has been passed by each such House:

1. This Order may be cited as the Fisheries (Commercial Fishing Licences) (Alteration of Duties and Fees) Order 2022.

2. This Order comes into operation on the 1 day of March 2022 and has effect as respects licences issued or renewed for a period commencing on or after that day.

3. In this Order -

“Act of 1994” means the Fisheries (Amendment) Act 1994 (No. 23 of 1994);

“Principal Act” means the Fisheries (Consolidation) Act 1959 (No. 14 of 1959).

4. The ordinary licence duty in respect of an ordinary fishing licence authorising the use of a fishing engine of a kind specified in column (2) of the Schedule at any reference number is altered to the sum specified in column (3) of the Schedule at that reference number.

5. The licence duty in respect of an oyster fishing licence is altered to €94.

6. The sum standing specified in section 159(1)(b)(ii) of the Principal Act is altered to €128.

7. The sum standing specified in section 160(1)(b) of the Principal Act is altered to €128.

8. The Fisheries (Commercial Fishing Licences) (Alteration of Duties and Fees) Order 2010 ( S.I. No. 40 of 2010 ) is revoked.

SCHEDULE

Article 4

Reference Number (1)	Kind of Engine (2)	Annual Licence Duty (3)
		€
1.	Stake net or fly net	706
2.	Bag net	398
3.	Head weir	142
4.	Draft net	398
5.	Snap net	168
6.	Pole net	68
7.	Loop net	44
8.	Box for taking salmon in a fishing weir or a fishing mill dam	290

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GIVEN under my Official Seal,

1 March 2022.

EAMON RYAN

Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications.