The North West Water Authority (Returns of Eels Taken) Order 1986

• Citation: S.I. 1987/745
• Sections: 2

Section 1 Title, commencement and interpretation

(1) This Order may be cited as the North West Water Authority (Returns of Eels Taken) Order 1986 and shall come into force on 25th April 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 this Order shall be subject to special parliamentary procedure .

(2) In this Order “the Act” means the Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries Act 1975.

Section 2 Modification of requirement to send returns

In relation to any fisheries within the area of the North West Water Authority, section 28(6) of, and paragraph 32 of Schedule 3 to, the Act (which, among other things, enable water authorities to make byelaws requiring persons fishing for freshwater fish to send returns of any such fish which they have taken or a statement that they have taken no such fish) shall have effect as if the reference in that paragraph to persons fishing for freshwater fish included a reference to persons fishing for eels otherwise than with rod and line.