S.I. No. 270/1998 - Aquaculture (Licence Application and Licence Fees) Regulations, 1998.

1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Aquaculture (Licence Application and Licence Fees) Regulations, 1998.

(2) These Regulations shall come into operation on the 14th day of July, 1998.

2. In these Regulations—

"the Minister" means the Minister for the Marine and Natural Resources;

"the Schedule" means the Schedule to these Regulations.

3. (1) There shall be paid to the Minister in relation to an application—

(

a

) for a licence in respect of—

(i) shellfish culture, a fee of £75, or

(ii) finfish culture, a fee of £500 or

(

b

) for—

(i) the renewal of a licence, or

(ii) a review of a licence under

section 70

of the

Fisheries (Amendment) Act, 1997

,

in respect of—

(A) shellfish culture, a fee of £50, or

(B) finfish culture, a fee of £150.

(2) Every fee received by the Minister under this Regulation shall be paid into, and be disposed of for the benefit of, the Exchequer in such manner as the Minister for Finance shall direct.

4. There shall be paid to the Minister upon the granting of a licence for shellfish or finfish culture on a land based site and thereafter upon each anniversary of the granting, while the licence is in force, a fee of£100.

5. There shall be paid to the Minister upon the granting of a licence and thereafter upon each anniversary of the granting, while the licence is in force, in respect of a marine based site of a class of culture mentioned in column (1) of the Schedule the fee specified in column (3) thereof opposite the method of calculation described in column (2) of the Schedule opposite the mention of the class.

SCHEDULE

Regulation 5

Licence fees for a marine based site

Licence Class

Method of Calculation

Fee

(1)

(2)

(3)

£

Shellfish Culture (intensive)

Up to 2 hectares

65

Each additional hectare

32

Shellfish Culture (extensive)

Up to 2 hectares

65

Each additional hectare up to 20

32

Each additional hectare above 20

1

Finfish Culture

Up to 100 tonnes (per tonne)

5

Each additional tonne

12

The Minister for Finance consents to the making of the foregoing Regulations.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Finance, this 14th day of July, 1998.

CHARLIE McCREEVY,

Minister for Finance.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 14th day of July, 1998.

MICHAEL WOODS,

Minister for the Marine and Natural Resources.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

These Regulations prescribe the fees payable in respect of applications for and the grant of aquaculture licences under the

Fisheries (Amendment) Act, 1997

(No. 23).

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

sections 63

(1)(

a

) and

64

of the

Fisheries (Amendment) Act, 1997

(No. 23 of 1997) (as adapted by the Marine (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order, 1997 (

S.I. No. 301 of 1997

)), and with the consent of the Minister for Finance, hereby make the following Regulations