S.I. No. 389/2004 - Bass (Restriction on Sale) Order 2004

1. This Order may be cited as the Bass (Restriction on Sale) Order, 2004.

2. This Order shall come into operation on the 01 day of July, 2004 and shall cease to have effect from the 30

th

day of June, 2005.

3. Subject to Article 4 of this Order no person shall sell or offer for sale bass other than bass which has been imported into the State.

4. In a prosecution for an offence under Article 3 of this Order it shall be a defence for the defendant to show that the bass to which the prosecution relates were imported into the State.

GIVEN

under my Official Seal,

16 June, 2003.

Dermot Ahern

Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

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

The effect of this Order is to prohibit the sale or offer for sale of bass (other than bass which has been imported into the State) from 1st day of July, 2004 to 30th day of June, 2005.

I, Dermot Ahern, Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 223A (inserted by

section 9

of the

Fisheries (Amendment) Act, 1978

(No. 18 of 1978), and amended by

section 4

of the

Fisheries (Amendment) Act, 1983

(No. 27 of 1983) of the

Fisheries (Consolidation) Act, 1959

(No. 14 of 1959), and the Fisheries (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order, 1977 (

S.I. No. 30 of 1977

) (as adapted by the Marine and Natural Resources (Alteration of name of Department and Title of Minister) Order, 2002 (

S.I. No 307 of 2002

)), hereby order as follows