FISH RESOURCES MANAGEMENT ACT 1994 - SECT 26
FISH RESOURCES MANAGEMENT ACT 1994 - SECT 26
26 . Provisions in this Act about offences etc., application of to Joint Authority fishery
Provisions of this Act
that relate to offences, enforcement and legal proceedings —
(a)
apply in respect of anything done to, or in relation to, fish to which a Joint
Authority fishery relates or otherwise in relation to a Joint Authority
fishery; and
(b) for
the purpose of paragraph (a) are to be read —
(i)
as if any reference in the provisions to an authorisation
were a reference to an authorisation or an endorsement of an authorisation, as
the case may be, granted, renewed or made by the relevant Joint Authority, in
relation to the person alleged to have committed the offence or the boat
alleged to have been used in the commission of the offence; and
(ii)
as if any reference in the provisions to fish were a
reference to fish to which the Joint Authority fishery relates.