Fisheries (Consolidation) Act, 1959

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Right of access to transferable fisheries.

187.—(1) At any time after the appointed day in respect of a fishery district, any authorised person shall have a right of free access at all times to any transferable fishery situate in such district for the purpose of examining any structures connected therewith or of viewing the operation of such fishery or the disposal of fish.

(2) If any person obstructs any authorised person in the exercise of the powers conferred on such authorised person by this section, such person shall be guilty of an offence under this section and shall be liable on summary conviction thereof to a fine not exceeding twenty pounds.

(3) In this section the expression “authorised person” means a person authorised by the Minister to exercise the powers conferred on an authorised person by this section.