234Recreational Fishing (Freshwater) Trust Fund

234 Recreational Fishing (Freshwater) Trust Fund

234 Recreational Fishing (Freshwater) Trust Fund

(1) There is to be paid into the Recreational Fishing (Freshwater) Trust Fund—

(a) any amount or proportion of the recreational fishing fees that is allocated to that Fund by the Minister under this section, and

(a1) all other payments received in connection with the administration of Part 2 (including fees and charges paid under Part 2 or the regulations made under that Part) that are not required to be paid into any other trust fund, and

(b) the proceeds of the sale of tags, or other identification, to be used on fish taken by recreational freshwater fishers, and

(c) any gift or bequest of money for the purposes of that Fund, and

(d) any other money appropriated by Parliament for the purposes of that Fund or required by law to be paid into that Fund.

(2) There may be paid out of that Fund—

(a) the costs of stocking freshwater with fish, or taking other measures, to enhance, maintain or protect recreational fishing, and

(b) the costs of carrying out research into freshwater fish and their ecosystems, and

(c) the costs of management and administration of recreational freshwater fishing (including commission for authorised agents collecting recreational freshwater fishing fees), and

(d) the costs of ensuring compliance with recreational freshwater fishing regulatory controls, and

(e) the costs of providing third-party insurance coverage for landowners where recreational fishers use private land (or water over private land) for freshwater fishing, and

(f) the costs of consultative arrangements with freshwater recreational fishers.

(3) The Minister may, from time to time, determine the amount or proportion of the recreational fishing fees to be allocated to that Fund.

(4) The Minister is to consult a relevant advisory council on recreational fishing established under section 229 about—

(a) the allocation of recreational fishing fees to that Fund, and