Fisheries (Consolidation) Act 1959
Boarding and examination of fishing vessels.
298.—(1) F259[Any member of the Garda Síochána or officer appointed by the Minister or by F260[Inland Fisheries Ireland]] may, subject to any directions and regulations given or made by the Revenue Commissioners, do with respect to any vessel employed in fishing, all or any of the following things:—
(a) board such vessel,
(b) examine the certificate of registry and the fishing engines of such vessel, and ascertain whether the provisions of this Act have been complied with and whether the master and other persons on board are carrying on fishing in the manner required by this Act,
(c) seize any unlawful fishing engine or any lawful fishing engine unlawfully used.
(2) If the master of any fishing vessel refuses to produce the certificate of registry of such vessel when required to do so by F259[a member of the Garda Síochána, an officer of the Minister or an officer of F260[Inland Fisheries Ireland]], he shall be guilty of an offence under this subsection and shall be liable on summary conviction thereof to a fine not exceeding ten pounds.
Annotations
Amendments:
F259
Substituted (18.03.1980) by Fisheries Act 1980 (1/1980), s. 11(5) and sch. 4 part 1 para. 1(qq), (rr), commenced on enactment.
F260
Substituted (1.07.2010) by Inland Fisheries Act 2010 (10/2010), s. 8(3)(a) and sch. 2 part 1 paras. (1), (2) item 26(a), (b), S.I. No. 262 of 2010.
Modifications (not altering text):
C223
Penalties under section altered (1.07.2010) by Inland Fisheries Act 2010 (10/2010), s. 77(1), (8) and table part 1, S.I. No. 262 of 2010. Note that the full history of the alteration of penalties under this section can be found in the annotations at the beginning of the Act under “Be it enacted by the Oireachtas as follows”.
A fine of €1,000 translates into a class D fine, not greater than €1,000, as provided (4.01.2011) by Fines Act 2010 (8/2010), ss. 3, 7(2) and table ref. no. 1, S.I. No. 662 of 2010.
Alteration of certain penalties under the Principal Act, the Act of 1962 or the Act of 1994.
77.— (1) A person convicted by the District Court of an offence for which a penalty is provided in any section of the Principal Act specified in column (2) of Part 1 of the Table to this section at any reference number shall, in lieu of so much of the penalty so provided as consists of a fine, imprisonment, a fine or imprisonment, or a fine and imprisonment, be liable to the appropriate penalty specified in column (3) of that Part at that reference number, and that section shall be read and have effect accordingly.
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(8) This section has effect in respect of offences committed after the establishment day.
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Penalty |
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2. |
49, 105, 106, 152, 153, 162, 255, 265, 286, 287, 288, 290, 294, 298, 303, 304, 306, 323. |
A fine not exceeding €1000. |
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