Air Navigation (Eurocontrol) Act, 1983

Amendment of section 12 of Act of 1963.

14.—Section 12 of the Act of 1963 (inserted by the Air Navigation (Eurocontrol) Act, 1971 ) is hereby amended by—

(a) the substitution in subsection (6) for “one hundred pounds” of “seven hundred and fifty pounds”, and

(b) the substitution in subsection (7) for “ten pounds” of “seventy-five pounds”, and

the said subsections, as so amended, are set out in the Table to this section.

TABLE

(6) A person who contravenes a regulation made by virtue of subsection (4) of this section shall be guilty of an offence and be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding seven hundred and fifty pounds or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or, at the discretion of the court, to both the fine and the imprisonment.

(7) A person who obstructs or interferes with an officer of the Organisation or of the Minister when he is exercising a power conferred by a regulation made by virtue of subsection (4) of this section shall be guilty of an offence and be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding seventy-five pounds.