Fisheries Act (Northern Ireland) 1966

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.]]