The Northumbrian Water Authority (T Nets) (Northern Area) Order 1987

• Citation: S.I. 1987/612
• Sections: 2

Section 1 Title, commencement and interpretation

(1) This Order may be cited as the Northumbrian Water Authority (T Nets) (Northern Area) Order 1987; unless a memorial is presented to the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food in accordance with paragraph 9 of Schedule 3 to the Act praying that it shall be subject to special parliamentary procedure , this Order shall come into operation on the day after the date of its confirmation by the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.

(2) In this Order–

“the Act” means the Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries Act 1975;

“the northern area” means those tidal waters and parts of the sea which are included in the area of the Northumbrian Water Authority between Goswick Sands and Souter Point.

Section 2 Modification of provisions of the Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries Act 1975

(1) In relation to any fisheries within the northern area–

(a) section 6 of the Act shall have effect as if it did not apply in the case of a T net which is not outrigged;

(b) paragraph 21 of Schedule 3 to the Act shall have effect as if the the words “(not being fixed engines)” were omitted.

(c) paragraph 25 of that Schedule shall have effect as if the words “(not being a fixed engine)” were omitted.

(2) In paragraph (1) of this article–

“T net” means a net having one or more bags, pockets or monks, a headpiece not exceeding 92 metres in length and a tailpiece not exceeding 230 metres in length, which when shot from a fishing coble in the form of a letter “T” is suspended in the water by means of floats and is or is intended to be maintained stationary by anchors or weights;

“outrigged”, in relation to a T net, means set out on the seaward side of, and in line with, any other such net.