Article 41 Alteration of or interference with Ministry's worksF1
Northern Ireland
Any person who, wilfully and without the consent of the Ministry, alters or interferes with any works vested in the Ministry for the purposes of this Order shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable
on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years or to a fine or to both; and
on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum.
Where a person is convicted of an offence under this Article, the Department may recover from him the expenses reasonably incurred by it in carrying out work of repair or re-instatement necessitated by his action.
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Annotations
Textual amendments
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functions transf. by SR 1999/481
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Notes on the whole Order
Textual amendments
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Order repealed (1.4.2007) by Water and Sewerage Services (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/3336 (N.I. 21)), arts. 1(2), 308(2), Sch. 13 (with arts. 8(8), 121(3), 307); S.R. 2007/194, art. 2(2), Sch. 1 Pt. II (subject to art. 3, Sch. 2)