http://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1966/17/section/176Fisheries Act (Northern Ireland) 1966An Act to extend the functions of the Ministry of Agriculture in relation to fisheries and to make provision for the development and improvement of fisheries by, or with the assistance of, that Ministry; to establish the Fisheries Conservancy Board for Northern Ireland, and to define their functions; to provide for the transfer to that Board of the property, rights and liabilities of, and to dissolve, the existing boards of conservators; to consolidate with amendments the Fisheries Acts (Northern Ireland) 1842 to 1954 and certain other enactments relating to fisheries; otherwise to amend the law with respect to fisheries; and for purposes connected with those matters.texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2021-04-29Expert Participation2020-12-31 PART XI176 1If any person (in this section referred to as [ “the alleged offender” ]) is found offending against any provision of this Act,—aan authorised person may require [ the alleged offender] to desist from the offence and to give his name and address; andbif [ the alleged offender]—iafter being so required, wilfully continues the offence or refuses or fails to give his name and address to the satisfaction of the authorised person [, oriiresides outside the United Kingdom,]the authorised person and any person acting under his directions may apprehend the [ alleged offender.]2Where [ the alleged offender] is apprehended under this section by an authorised person who is not a member of the Royal Ulster Constabulary that person shall forthwith deliver [ the alleged offender] into the custody of a member of the Royal Ulster Constabulary to be dealt with according to law.2AWhere the alleged offender resides outside the United Kingdom he may be detained by a member of the Royal Ulster Constabulary until a summons charging him with the relevant offence has been served upon him, and after the service of the summons he may be further detained until he enters into a recognizance, with such sureties or other security as, subject to subsection (2B), the justice of the peace or other person before whom the recognizance is entered into thinks fit, conditioned for his appearance at the time and place stated in the summons; and any such summons may, notwithstanding anything in section 7 of the Sunday Observance Act (Ireland), 1695 , be served on a Sunday.2BThe amount in which any party to a recognizance taken under subsection (2A) is bound, or the amount of any security required to be deposited under that subsection in lieu of sureties, shall not be greater than the amount of any fine which could be imposed on the alleged offender if he were convicted of the relevant offence.]3In this section the expression “authorised person” includes any person who by virtue of any fishing rights exercisable by him has an interest in the fishery in which the relevant offence is committed.1695 c.17Mod., 1967 c.7 (NI)1968 c.31 (NI)1968 c.31 (NI)1991 NI 13