# Sea Fisheries (Shellfish) Act 1967, Section 4D: Sections 4A to 4CA: supplementary

Extent: E+W+S

(1) A British sea-fishery officer, or a person assisting such an officer by virtue of section 4A(2) or , 4B(3) or (12) or 4CA(2)(b), is not liable in any civil or criminal proceedings for anything done in the purported exercise of a power conferred by section 4A, 4B , 4C or 4CA if the court is satisfied—
(a) that the act was done in good faith;
(b) that there were reasonable grounds for doing it; and
(c) that it was done with reasonable skill and care.
(2) A person who—
(a) fails without reasonable excuse to comply with any requirement imposed on the person by a British sea-fishery officer under a power conferred by section 4A , 4B or 4CA ;
(b) without reasonable excuse prevents, or attempts to prevent, any other person from complying with such a requirement; or
(c) obstructs such an officer in the exercise of any of those powers or the powers conferred by section 4C,
shall be guilty of an offence.
(2A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(2B) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(3) A person who commits an offence under subsection (2) is liable—
(a) on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum;
(b) on conviction on indictment, to a fine.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1967/83/section/4D (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/sea-fisheries-shellfish-act-1967/section-4D
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