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FOYLE FISHERIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1952 - SECT 55

Appointment of river watchers by persons interested in fisheries.

55.(1) Each of the following persons

(a)any person interested in the preservation of the fish of any river in
the Londonderry Area,

(b)any persons who have united themselves into a society for the preservation
of any fishery in any such river,

(c)the owner of any fishery in any such river,

(d)the owner of any salmon fishery on the sea coast,

(2) A person appointed to be a river watcher under this section shall not act
in that capacity until his appointment is confirmed (which confirmation shall
be effected by endorsing the instrument of appointment) by any resident
magistrate acting for the petty sessions district within which the river
watcher is appointed to act.

(3) A court of summary jurisdiction may upon complaint made to it revoke the
appointment of a person appointed under this section to act within the petty
sessions district for which that court sits, and thereupon the appointment
shall be determined.

(4) If any person acts as a private river watcher without having his
appointment confirmed under sub-section (2) of this section or after his
appointment has been revoked under sub-section (3) of this section, he shall
be guilty of an offence against this Act and shall be liable on summary
conviction thereof to a fine not exceeding ten pounds.

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