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Amendment of section 69 (attempts etc. and miscellaneous other offences) of Principal Act.
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63.—Section 69 of the Principal Act is hereby amended—
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(a) by the insertion, in subsection (3), of the following after paragraph (b):
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“(c) Any person who assaults or obstructs an authorised person or a member of the Garda Síochána exercising any power or function conferred on the authorised person or member by or under the Wildlife Acts, 1976 and 2000, shall be guilty of an offence.”,
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(b) in subsection (5), by the substitution of “any specimen of flora, fauna, fossils or minerals” for “any specimen of flora or fauna” and of “part, product or derivative” for “part or product”,
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(c) in subsection (5), by the substitution of “section 72(7) or 73(1)” for “section 73(1)”,
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(d) by the insertion, in subsection (6), of “or permission” after “licence”, and
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(e) by the addition of the following after subsection (7):
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“(7A) Where any person uses or allows or causes to be used a vessel, aircraft or mechanically propelled vehicle as an aid to the commission of an offence under the provisions of the Wildlife Acts, 1976 and 2000, or of any instrument made under those Acts, that person shall be guilty of an offence.”,
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and the said subsections (5) and (6), as so amended, are set out in the Table to this section.
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TABLE
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(5) Any person who conceals from a person lawfully exercising a power under section 72 or 73 of this Act any specimen of flora, fauna, fossils or minerals or part, product or derivative of such specimen or anything which is a thing mentioned in section 72(7) or 73(1) of this Act shall be guilty of an offence.
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(6) Any person who contravenes a condition attached to a licence or permission granted by the Minister under this Act shall be guilty of an offence.
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