S.I. No. 116/1983:

FOYLE FISHERIES (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1983 (COMMENCEMENT) ORDER, 1983.

FOYLE FISHERIES (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1983 (COMMENCEMENT) ORDER, 1983.

I, PADDY O'TOOLE, Minister for Fisheries and Forestry, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 7 of the Foyle Fisheries (Amendment) Act, 1983 (No. 2 of 1983), and the Fisheries (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order, 1977 ( S.I. No. 30 of 1977 ) (as adapted by the Fisheries (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order, 1978 ( S.I. No. 195 of 1978 )), hereby order as follows:--

1. The Order may be cited as the Foyle Fisheries (Amendment) Act, 1983 (Commencement) Order, 1983.

2. The 16th day of May, 1983, is hereby appointed as the day on which the Foyle Fisheries (Amendment) Act, 1983 (No. 2 of 1983), shall come into operation.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 3rd day of May, 1983.

PADDY O'TOOLE,

Minister for Fisheries and Forestry.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This Order brings the Foyle Fisheries (Amendment) Act, 1983 , into operation on 16 May, 1983. The Act provides for increases in penalties for fishery offences in the Foyle area.