Air Navigation (Eurocontrol) Act, 1983
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Amendment of section 10 of Act of 1963. |
12.—Section 10 of the Act of 1963 is hereby amended by— | |
(a) the deletion in subsection (1) (c) of “under section 8 of this Act or”, | ||
(b) the substitution in subsection (3) for “one hundred pounds” of “seven hundred and fifty pounds”, | ||
(c) the substitution in subsection (4) for “ten pounds” of “seventy-five pounds”, and | ||
the said subsections, as so amended, are set out in the Table to this section. | ||
TABLE | ||
(1) (c) provide that records of the movements of aircraft kept by such persons as may be designated in the regulations shall, until the contrary is proved, be evidence in proceedings in relation to an offence under the Air Navigation and Transport Acts, 1936 to 1961, of the matters entered, pursuant to the regulations, in the records, and that documents purporting to be records of the movements of aircraft and to be kept by persons designated for the purpose in the regulations shall, until the contrary is proved, be deemed to be such records and to be so kept. | ||
(3) A person who contravenes a regulation under 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. | ||
(4) A person who obstructs or interferes with an officer of the Minister when he is exercising a power conferred by regulations under this section shall be guilty of an offence and be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding seventy-five pounds. |