Sea Fisheries (Shellfish) Act 1967 (c. 83)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Act: power to transfer functions conferred (1.7.1999) by S.I. 1999/672, art. 2, Sch. 1

Fisheries for shellfish E+W+S

[F1 4D Sections 4A to 4C: supplementary E+W+S

(1) A British sea-fishery officer, or a person assisting such an officer by virtue of section 4A(2) or 4B(3) or (12), is not liable in any civil or criminal proceedings for anything done in the purported exercise of a power conferred by section 4A, 4B or 4C if the court is satisfied—

(a) that the act was done in good faith;

(b) that there were reasonable grounds for doing it; and

(c) that it was done with reasonable skill and care.

(2) A person who—

(a) fails without reasonable excuse to comply with any requirement imposed on the person by a British sea-fishery officer under a power conferred by section 4A or 4B;

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

(c) obstructs such an officer in the exercise of any of those powers or the powers conferred by section 4C,

shall be guilty of an offence.

(3) A person who commits an offence under subsection (2) is liable—

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

(b) on conviction on indictment, to a fine.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Ss. 4A-4D inserted (S.) (1.9.2006) by Police, Public Order and Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2006 (asp 10), ss. 98(1), 104(1); S.S.I. 2006/432, art. 2(f)