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FISHERIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1966 - SECT 180 

Procedure for disposal of boat or fishing engine seized in certain cases.

180. Where a persons in exercise of powers conferred on him by this Act,
seizes any boat (other than a sea-fishing boat) or any fishing engine and no
other person is charged with an offence under any provision of this Act in
relation thereto, the first-mentioned person shall, as soon as may be, apply
to a court of summary jurisdiction sitting for the petty sessions district in
which the boat or fishing engine, as the case may be, was seized for an order
for its disposal under this section, and thereupon the following provisions
shall have effect:

(a)if, in the case of a boat, the court finds that, at the time of its
seizure, it had been, was being, or was about to be, used for a purpose which
under this Act is unlawful, the court shall order it to be forfeited;

(b)if, in the case of a fishing engine, the court finds that it is a
fishing engine the use of which is prohibited by law, the court shall order it
to be forfeited and destroyed;

(c)if, in the case of a fishing engine, the court finds that it is a
lawful fishing engine which at the time of its seizure had been, was being or
was about to be, unlawfully used, the court shall order it to be forfeited;

(d)in any other case, the court shall order the boat or fishing engine to be
returned to the person who appears to the court to be the owner thereof;

Procedure for disposal of fish seized or detained.

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