FISHERIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1966 - SECT 174 Boarding and examination of fishing boats.

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FISHERIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1966 - SECT 174

Boarding and examination of fishing boats.

174.(1) Any authorised person to whom this section applies may do, with
respect to any boat [which is or has been] employed in fishing, all or any of
the following things

(a)board the boat;

(b)examine the certificate of registration or other official papers and the
fishing engines of the boat [(including any fishing gear appurtenant to or
used in association with any such engine)], and ascertain whether the
provisions of this Act or any instrument made thereunder have been complied
with and whether the master and other persons [are or have been carrying on
fishing in contravention of any statutory provision];

(c)seize any unlawful fishing engine or any lawful fishing engine [which is
being, or is reasonably suspected of having been,] unlawfully used and any
fishing gear appurtenant to or used in association with any such engine.

(2) If the master of a fishing boat refuses to produce the
certificate of registration or other papers of the boat when required to do so
by any person acting under subsection (1), [or if he or any other person who
is or has been on board the boat refuses without reasonable excuse to attend
upon the authorised person or to do anything which the authorised person
requires him to do for facilitating the performance of his functions, he or,
as the case may be, that other person] shall be guilty of an offence [and
shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding #1,000].

(3) This section applies to the following authorised persons, that is to say

(a)a member of the Royal Ulster Constabulary;

(b)an officer appointed by the Ministry;

(c)a person to whom section 166(2) applies.

(4) In this section "certificate of registration" includes any certificate
issued under section [124(2)(a)], and any certificate issued with respect to a
boat registered under Part IV of the Merchant Shipping Act 1894.

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FISHERIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1966 - SECT 174