IRISH ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION

River Shannon Tidal Waters (Issue Of Fishing Licences) Regulations, 1935.

The tidal waters of the Rivers Owenea and Owentocker in the No. 14 or Letterkenny District, that is to say the waters from the boundary between the tidal and freshwater portions of the said River Owenea and from the boundary between the tidal and freshwater portions of the said River Owentocker to the common mouth of the said Rivers Owenea and Owentocker combined, the said boundaries having been defined by Order (Definition No. D. 127) made on the 3rd day of May, 1934, by the Minister for Agriculture under the Fisheries Acts, 1842 to 1925, and the said common mouth having, on the 9th day of May, 1864, been defined and marked on a map or plan of the said rivers by the Special Commissioners appointed under the Salmon Fishery Act, 1863.

An act to amend Fisheries (tidal waters) Act, 1934, and to extend for a limited period the time during which the said act, as so amended, shall continue in force. [2nd August, 1935.]

The tidal waters of the River Erne, in the No. 13 or Ballyshannon District, that is to say, the waters from the boundary between the tidal and freshwater portions of the said River Erne and from the boundary between the tidal and freshwater portions of the Abbey River to the mouth of the said River Erne, the said boundaries having been defined by Order (Definition No. D. 128) made on the 3rd day of May, 1934, by the Minister for Agriculture under the fisheries Acts, 1842 to 1925, and the said mouth having, on the 9th day of May, 1864, been defined and marked on a map or plan of the said River Erne by the Special Commissioners appointed under the Salmon Fishery Act, 1863.

An act to make provision for the regulation and control of the public right of fishery in tidal waters in which formerly a several or exclusive fishery was believed to exist and was enjoyed as of right and to make provision for other matters relating to or connected with the matters aforesaid. [21st June, 1934.]

An Act to make provision for the granting of leases and licences in respect of foreshore belonging to saorstat Eireann and to amend generally the law relating to foreshore and the seashore.[30th June, 1933.]

Prohibition of deposit of material on foreshore

(1) No person shall, without the consent of the Minister or otherwise than in accordance with such consent, deposit or cause to be deposited any material whatsoever on any foreshore nor on any seashore or other place from which such material would by the operation of gravity, wind, water or other natural cause escape or be transported to such foreshore.

2) Every person who deposits or causes to be deposited any material whatsoever on any foreshore, seashore, or other place in contravention of this section shall be guilty of an offence under this sub-section and shall be liable on summary conviction thereof to a fine not exceeding ten pounds.

(3) Whenever a person is convicted of an offence under the next preceding sub-section of this section, the Court by whom such person is so convicted may, if such Court so thinks proper, make an order requiring such person, within a specified time, to remove the material in respect of the deposit of which he was so convicted from the foreshore, seashore, or other place in which it was so deposited, and to remove from such foreshore, seashore, or other place all other (if any) material deposited thereon by him in contravention of this section.

4) If any person in respect of whom an order has been made under the next preceding sub-section of this section fails to comply with such order, such person shall be guilty of an offence under this sub-section and shall be liable on summary conviction thereof to a fine not exceeding ten pounds together with a further fine not exceeding one pound for every day during which such failure is continued.

Prohibition of deposit of noxious articles

(1) No person shall throw, deposit, or leave on any tidal lands or throw into the sea adjacent to any such lands any glass, china, earthenware, metal, or other article (whether whole or broken) which would or might cause injury to a person bathing or wading on or from such lands or otherwise using such lands nor any material or substance (whether solid or liquid) which would or might be injurious or offensive to any such person

(2) Every person who shall throw, deposit, or leave on any tidal lands, or throw into the sea any article, material, or substance in contravention of this section shall be guilty of an offence under this section and shall be liable on summary conviction thereof to a fine not exceeding five pounds

An act to make provision for the application and administration for the benefit of the sea-fishing industry of SAORSTÁT EIREANN of certain property now vested in the minister for lands and fisheries and to make further and better provision generally in relation to the said industry.

An Act to amend and consolidate the law relating to the protection Wild Birds