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MISCELLANEOUS TRANSFERRED EXCISE DUTIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1972 - SECT 30

Power of inspection of game licences.

30.(1) Any authorised officer may require any person appearing to him to act
in contravention of any of the provisions of this Part to produce his
game licence for inspection.

(2) If any such person fails or refuses to produce a proper licence and to
permit the authorised officer to inspect it, the authorised officer shall
require that person to give his name and address, and that person shall
thereupon give his name and address to the authorised officer.

(3) If any person contravenes any of the provisions of this section, he shall,
in addition to any other offence he may thereby commit, be guilty of an
offence under this section and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine
not exceeding #50.

(4) An authorised officer may arrest any person who acts in contravention of
any of the provisions of this section, and, if the authorised officer making
the arrest is not a member of the Royal Ulster Constabulary, may deliver such
person forthwith into the custody of a member of the Royal Ulster Constabulary
to be dealt with according to law.

(5) Where any person is found using on any land any dog, gun, net or other
engine for the killing or taking of game, the owner or occupier of that land,
or any person producing a game licence in force under this Part, may exercise,
in relation to the person so found, the powers conferred by this section on an
authorised officer.

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