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Sea Fishing (Restriction on Days at Sea) Order (Northern Ireland) 2004

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Obstruction of British sea-fishery officers

20.—(1) Any person who –

(a)fails without reasonable excuse to comply with any requirement imposed by a British sea-fishery officer under the powers conferred on British sea-fishery officers by Articles 16 and 17;

(b)without reasonable excuse prevents, or attempts to prevent, any other person from complying with any such requirement; or

(c)assaults a person who is exercising any of the powers conferred on him by Articles 16 to 18 or intentionally obstructs any such officer in the exercise of any of those powers,

is guilty of an offence.

(2) A person guilty of an offence under paragraph (1) is liable –

(a)on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum; or

(b)on conviction on indictment to a fine.

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