Air Navigation and Transport Act, 1950

Removal and arrest of offenders in State aerodromes.

19.—(1) If, in any State aerodrome to which a bye-law relates, any person (in this subsection referred to as the offender) contravenes the bye-law—

(a) an authorised officer may do either or both of the following things—

(i) require the offender to give his name and address,

(ii) order the offender to leave the aerodrome;

(b) if the offender, on being required by an authorised officer to give his name and address, refuses to give his name or refuses to give his address or gives a name or address which is known to, or reasonably suspected by, the authorised officer to be false or fictitious, the authorised officer may without warrant arrest him;

(c) if the offender, on being ordered by an authorised officer to leave the aerodrome, refuses or fails to do so, the authorised officer may either remove him from the aerodrome by force or without warrant arrest him.

(2) Where an authorised officer, who is not a member of the Garda Síochána, arrests a person under this section, he shall, forthwith, deliver him into the custody of a member of the Garda Síochána to be dealt with according to law.

(3) If any person—

(a) on being required by an authorised officer acting under this section to give his name and address, refuses to give his name or address or gives a false or fictitious name or address, or

(b) on being required by an authorised officer acting under this section to leave a State aerodrome, refuses or fails to leave it, or

(c) having left a State aerodrome in pursuance of the requirement of an authorised officer acting under this section or having been removed from a State aerodrome under this section, returns thereto on the same day,

that person shall be guilty of an offence under this section and shall be liable on summary conviction thereof to a fine not exceeding five pounds.