STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS.

S.I. No. 464 of 2000.

WILD SALMON AND SEA TROUT TAGGING SCHEME (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 2000.

S.I. No. 464 of 2000.

WILD SALMON AND SEA TROUT TAGGING SCHEME (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 2000.

I, FRANK FAHEY, Minister for the Marine and Natural Resources, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 24 (as amended by section 3(a) of the section 4 of the Fisheries (Amendment) Act, 2000 ) of the Fisheries (Consolidation) Act, 1959 (No. 14 of 1959) , hereby make the following regulations:

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Wild Salmon and Sea Trout Tagging Scheme (Amendment) Regulations, 2000.

2. In these Regulations--

“Act of 2000” means Fisheries (Amendment) Act, 2000 ( No. 34 of 2000 );

“Principal Regulations” means Wild Salmon and Sea Trout Tagging Scheme Regulations, 2000 ( S.I. No. 256 of 2000 ).

3. The Principal Regulations are amended by the substitution for Regulation 2 of the following Regulation:

“2. These Regulations, other than Regulation 8, shall come into operation on 20 December 2000 and Regulation 8 shall come into operation on 1 January 2001.”

4. It is hereby declared that section 90(3) (inserted by section 51 of the Fisheries Act, 1980 ( No. 1 of 1980 ), and as amended by section 4 of the Act of 2000) of the Fisheries (Consolidation) Act, 1959 (No.14 of 1959) , applies to the offences under section 24(6) (inserted by section 3(a)(i) of the Act of 2000) of the Fisheries (Amendment) Act, 1999 (No. 35 of 1999) , in respect of a failure to comply with Regulation 4 or a contravention of Regulation 7 of the Principal Regulations.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)

These regulations provide for the commencement on 20 December 2000 of the Wild Salmon and Sea Trout Tagging Scheme Regulations ( section 51 of the Fisheries Act, 1980 ) of the Fisheries (Consolidation) Act, 1959 to certain contraventions of the Wild Salmon and Sea Trout Tagging Scheme Regulations 2000.