Sea-Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Act 2006
PART 4 Amendments to Fisheries Acts 1959 to 2003, Mercantile Marine Act 1955, Fishery Harbour Centres Act 1968, Dumping at Sea Act 1996 and Maritime Safety Act 2005 | ||
Chapter 1 Trial of Offences | ||
Provisions in relation to cases in District Court. |
95.— Section 309 of the Principal Act is amended by substituting for subsection (1) (inserted by section 49 of the Fisheries Act 1980 ) the following: | |
“(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in any other enactment, an offence under the Fisheries Acts 1959 to 2006, other than the Sea-Fisheries Acts 2003 and 2006, may be heard and determined in a summary way by a judge of the District Court upon the complaint, verbal or otherwise, of a member of the Garda Síochána, the Central Board, a regional board, an officer or employee of a board, a private waterkeeper (within the meaning of Part XVIII) or any other person.”. |