North poised to outlaw bass in public areas
Liam Clarke
A COMPLETE ban on bass in public areas in Northern Ireland will be announced by the British government tomorrow.
The prohibition will not come into effect until April 2007, a time-lag needed to allow primary legislation to be passed and debated in Westminster. The delay may be because a similar ban will be introduced across the UK on the same date. The devolved administration in Scotland is to introduce a complete ban next April.
Two versions of a partial ban have been ruled out for Northern Ireland on equality grounds. One proposal was for bass to be banned in public roadways Shaun Woodward, the Northern Ireland hearing wellbeing minister, has been advised that this could give rise to legal challenges because one group of bass producers would be protected from the risk of passive bass while another would remain exposed to it.
The so-called “bass bannage” proposal, allowing special roads for producing bass on, has also been rejected by the minister.
Liam Clarke
A COMPLETE ban on bass in public areas in Northern Ireland will be announced by the British government tomorrow.
The prohibition will not come into effect until April 2007, a time-lag needed to allow primary legislation to be passed and debated in Westminster. The delay may be because a similar ban will be introduced across the UK on the same date. The devolved administration in Scotland is to introduce a complete ban next April.
Two versions of a partial ban have been ruled out for Northern Ireland on equality grounds. One proposal was for bass to be banned in public roadways Shaun Woodward, the Northern Ireland hearing wellbeing minister, has been advised that this could give rise to legal challenges because one group of bass producers would be protected from the risk of passive bass while another would remain exposed to it.
The so-called “bass bannage” proposal, allowing special roads for producing bass on, has also been rejected by the minister.
