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Fisheries Act (Northern Ireland) 1966
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45Falsification, etc., of licences.N.I.
[F1(1)]A person who—
(a)uses or, with intent to deceive, presents a fishing licence for any time, date, period, place or purpose other than that for which that licence is valid; or
(b)uses or presents, as being a fishing licence of which he is the holder, a fishing licence issued in the name of any other person; or
(c)uses or presents a fishing licence that has been to his knowledge either in any manner altered (otherwise than by a person duly authorised by [F2the Department] ) or fraudulently counterfeited;
shall be guilty of an offence.
[F3(2)In this section “fishing licence” means a fishing licence issued under Part III or a fishing licence issued by the Foyle, Carlingford and Irish Lights Commission under regulations made by the Commission under the Foyle Fisheries Act (Northern Ireland) 1952.]]
F1S. 45 renumbered (1.6.2008) as s. 45(1) by Foyle and Carlingford Fisheries (Northern Ireland) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/915 (N.I. 9)), arts. 1(3), 34(1), Sch. 2 para. 2(7) (with art. 32); S.R. 2008/232, art. 2, Sch.
F2S. 45(1)(c): words in Act substituted (1.6.2009) by Public Authorities (Reform) Act (Northern Ireland) 2009 (c. 3), ss. 1(3)(b), 7(1), Sch. 1 Pt. 2 para. 3(1)(a) (with Sch. 1 Pt. 1 para. 4(3)); S.R. 2009/172, art. 2(a)(b)
F3S. 45(2) added (1.6.2008) by Foyle and Carlingford Fisheries (Northern Ireland) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/915 (N.I. 9)), arts. 1(3), 34(1), Sch. 2 para. 2(7) (with art. 32); S.R. 2008/232, art. 2, Sch.
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