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Penalties prescribed and applied for purposes of Criminal Procedure Act 1967, extended to officers of bodies corporate and provision for offence to be prosecuted by Minister made (22.06.1988) by Air Navigation and Transport Act 1988 (15/1988), s. 28(1)(e), (a), (b), (4)-(6), commenced on enactment.

Increase in penalties for certain offences.

28.—(1) A person who is guilty of an offence under— ...

(e) section 15 of the Air Navigation and Transport Act, 1973 , or

...

shall, in lieu of the penalty prescribed by the section concerned, be liable—

(a) on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding £1,000, or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, or, at the discretion of the Court, to both such fine and such imprisonment, or

(b) on conviction on indictment, to a fine not exceeding £50,000, or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years, or, at the discretion of the Court, to both such fine and such imprisonment.

...

(4) Section 13 of the Criminal Procedure Act, 1967, shall apply in relation to an offence to which subsection (1), (2) or (3) relates as if, in lieu of the penalties provided for in subsection (3) of that section, there were specified the penalties provided for in subsections (1), (2) and (3), and the reference in subsection (2) (a) of that section to the penalties provided for in the said subsection (3) shall be construed and have effect accordingly.

(5) Where an offence to which subsection (1), (2) or (3) relates is committed by a body corporate and is proved to have been committed with the consent or connivance of, or to be attributable to any neglect on the part of any person (or any person acting on his behalf) being a director, manager or secretary of such body, that person or the person so acting, as the case may be, shall also be guilty of the offence.

(6) A summary prosecution for an offence under any enactment referred to in subsection (1), (2) or (3) may be brought by the Minister.

A fine of £1,000 converted (1.01.1999) to €1,269.74. This translates into a class C fine, not greater than €2,500, as provided (4.01.2011) by Fines Act 2010 (8/2010), ss. 3, 6(2) and table ref. no. 3, S.I. No. 662 of 2010.

A fine of £50,000 converted (1.01.1999) to €63,486.90. This is multiplied by 2 to €126,973.80 as provided (4.01.2011) by Fines Act 2010 (8/2010), ss. 3, 9(1) and table ref. no. 2, S.I. No. 662 of 2010.