Fisheries (Commissions) Act, 1997
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Name in which prosecutions to be deemed to be brought or continued. |
8.—(1) All prosecutions to enforce any provision of the Fisheries Acts, 1959 to 1995, brought before the commencement of this Act by, in the name of or upon the complaint of the Commission shall be deemed to have been brought by, in the name of or upon the complaint of the Southern Regional Fisheries Board established under the Fisheries Act, 1980 , and the name of the Board shall be substituted in the proceedings for that of the Commission, and the proceedings shall not abate or be taken to have abated by reason of such substitution. | |
(2) Any prosecution to enforce any provision of the Fisheries Acts, 1959 to 1995, brought, but not concluded, before the commencement of this Act by, in the name of or upon the complaint of the Southern Regional Fisheries Board (including any prosecution which, pursuant to subsection (1), shall be deemed to have been brought by, in the name of or upon the complaint of the Board) may be continued after that commencement as if it had been brought by, in the name of or upon the complaint of the Commission, and the name of the Commission shall be substituted in the proceedings for that of the Board, and the proceedings shall not abate or be taken to have abated by reason of such substitution. |