Maritime Safety Act 2005
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Requirement to cease operating craft or to remove it from waters in certain circumstances. |
8.—(1) Where an authorised person or a member of the Garda Síochána has reasonable grounds for believing that a person is operating a craft— | |
(a) on waters where it is prohibited by law to use a craft, | ||
(b) in contravention of bye-laws made under section 6 or of section 10 , 23 or 24 , or | ||
(c) in or on waters in circumstances (whether or not such bye-laws are contravened) which the authorised person or member considers that the craft poses— | ||
(i) a risk or danger to persons, or property or a serious nuisance to persons, in, on or adjacent to the waters, or | ||
(ii) a risk of damage to or interference with a natural heritage area or a monument or wreck protected under the National Monuments Acts, | ||
he or she may require the person to— | ||
(I) cease operating the craft, or | ||
(II) remove or cause to be removed or allow an authorised person or a member of the Garda Síochána to remove the craft from the waters concerned. | ||
(2) A person who, without reasonable excuse, fails to comply with a requirement under subsection (1) is guilty of an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding €2,000. |