S.I. No. 352/1992 - Elections To Regional Fisheries Boards (Amendment) Regulations, 1992.

1. holder of a salmon rod licence,

2. holder of a salmon drift net licence,

3. holder of a salmon fishing licence other than the holder of a salmon rod licence or the holder of a salmon drift net licence,

4. holder of an eel fishing licence,

5. rated occupier of a fishery,

6. ordinary member of a society and registered as a trout anglert with that society,

7. ordinary member of a society and registered as a coarse fish angler with that society,

8. person registered as a sea angler in the Register of Sea Anglers,

9. former life member of the Inland Fisheries Trust Incorporated and registered under

section 58

of the

Fisheries Act, 1980

, as a trout angler or a coarse fish angler,

10. holder of an oyster fishing licence.

The licences referred to at Nos. 1 to 4 and at No. 10 must have been issued by the Regional Fisheries Board specified in Part I of this form during the year in which the election is held.

The rated occupier of a fishery referred to at No. 5 must relate to a fishery situated within the fisheries region of the Regional Fisheries Board specified in Part I of this form in respect of which fishery he has paid the fishery rate for the fishery year in which the election takes place.

Every ordinary member of a society must be a member for the current year in the case of the 1992 election. In subsequent elections he must be an ordinary member for the year in which the election is held and also have been an ordinary member for any two other years since the previous election.

An ordinary member of a society must be a member of a society established in an area forming part of the fisheries region of the Regional Fisheries Board specified in Part I of this form.

The Register of Sea Anglers referred to at No. 8 must be the register maintained by the Regional Fisheries Board specified in Part I of this form.

The former life member of the Inland Fisheries Trust Incorporated referred to at No. 9 must be registered with the Regional Fisheries Board specified in Part I of this form.

(ii) Nominator(s): Except in the case of a candidate who is a rated occupier of a fishery each candidate must be nominated by at least five nominators one of whom may be the candidate or, in a case where the number of nominators is less than five, by that number of nominators one of whom may be the candidate; provided also that where the number of persons who are so entitled to vote is one that person may nominate himself. Each of these nominators must be a member of the same class of the electorate as the person he is nominating. In the case of a rated occupier of a fishery or his agent duly appointed under

Section 328

of the

Fisheries (Consolidation) Act, 1959

only one nominator is required who may be the candidate.

(iii) Class of electorate of nominator: Each nominator should insert under this heading on the form the class of the electorate to which he belongs.

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATE

(i) A person is entitled to be nominated as a candidate of ONE class and ONE class only, at a Regional Fisheries Board election. The candidate and his nominators must be members of the same class. If a candidate is eligible for nomination for more than one class, he must decide the class to which he wishes to be nominated.

(ii) The candidate must insert in the spaces provided in Part II of this form the name of the Regional Fisheries Board concerned, the number and type of his fishing licence, details of his registration in the Register of Sea Anglers, the number(s) of his annual share certificate(s), registration details as a former life member of the Inland Fisheries Trust Incorporated and his electoral category, as appropriate, of the class of candidate of which he is nominated. If the candidate is nominated as the rated occupier of a fishery, he should state the location and/or name of that fishery."

SCHEDULE B

Regulation 7

"SECOND SCHEDULE

(1)

(2)

Ref. No.

Class of Candidate

1.

A person who is the holder of either an ordinary fishing licence authorising the use of a fishing engine of a kind specified in column (1) of Part I of the Fourth Schedule to the Principal Act or a licence to fish for salmon with rod and line and issued under Chapter II of Part VI of the Principal Act and who (in either case) is entitled to vote.

2.

A person who is the holder of an ordinary fishing licence authorising the use of a fishing engine of a kind specified in column (2) of Part II of the Fourth Schedule to the Principal Act at reference number 5 and who is entitled to vote.

3.

A person who is the holder of either an ordinary fishing licence authorising the use of a fishing engine of a kind specified in column (2) of Part II of the Fourth Schedule to the Principal Act at reference numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8 or 9 or a licence issued under Chapter II of Part VI of the Principal Act and which relates to a draft net and who (in either case) is entitled to vote.

4.

A person who is the holder of an ordinary fishing licence authorising the use of a fishing engine of a kind specified in column (2) of Part II of the Fourth Schedule to the Principal Act at reference numbers 10, 11, 12, 13 (inserted by section 31) of the

Fisheries (Amendment) Act, 1962

) or 14 (inserted by the Fourth Schedule to the Act of 1980) and who is entitled to vote.

5.

A person who is liable to be rated under section 55 of the Principal Act in respect of a fishery and who is entitled to vote.

6.

A person who is an ordinary member of a society and who is registered as a trout angler with that society and who is entitled to vote.

7.

A person who is an ordinary member of a society and who is registered as a coarse fish angler with that society and who is entitled to vote.

8.

A person who is registered as a sea angler in the Register of Sea Anglers as provided for under section 58 of the Act of 1980 and who is entitled to vote.

9.

A person who is a former life member of the Inland Fisheries Trust Incorporated and who is registered as a trout angler or a coarse fish angler under section 58 of the Act of 1980 and who is entitled to vote.

10.

A person who is the holder of an oyster fishing licence as provided for under section 278 of the Principal Act and who is entitled to vote.".

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 27th day of October, 1992.

MICHAEL WOODS,

Minister for the Marine.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

The Regulation provides for change:—

— in the nominations of different classes of candidates for election as member of Regional Boards and

— in the election of such candidates by different classes of electors.

S.I. No. 352 of 1992.

ELECTIONS TO REGIONAL FISHERIES BOARDS (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1992.

I, MICHAEL WOODS, Minister for the Marine, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by

section 12

(3) of the

Fisheries Act, 1980

(No. 1 of 1980 ) and the Fisheries (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Orders, 1977 (

S.I. No. 30 of 1977

) (as adapted by the Tourism, Fisheries and Forestry (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order, 1987 (

S.I. No. 82 of 1987

)) hereby make the following regulations