Fisheries Act, 1980

Amendment of section 19 of Act of 1962.

73.—Subsection (3) of section 19 of the Act of 1962 is hereby amended by the substitution of “sufficient” for “conclusive” in both places where it occurs, and the said subsection (3), as so amended, is set out in the Table to this section.

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(3) A certificate under the hand of the registrar of ships for the purposes of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894 , and the Mercantile Marine Act, 1955 , at any port of registry in the State that a boat specified in the certificate is not registered in accordance with paragraph (a) of the definition of “Irish sea-fishing boat” (inserted by this section) in section 219 of the Principal Act at that port of registry shall be sufficient evidence that the boat is not so registered and certificates as aforesaid in relation to every port of registry in the State shall be sufficient evidence that the boat is not so registered in the State and it shall not be necessary to prove the signature of a registrar or that he was in fact a registrar.