23 Provisions to apply to Joint Authority fishery The provisions of this Act relating to offences and enforcement and legal proceedings— (a) extend and apply in respect of anything done to or in relation to fish to which a Joint Authority fishery relates or otherwise in relation to the Joint Authority fishery; (b) are to be read and construed— S. 23(b)(i) amended by No. 5/1997 s. 50(1)(h). (i) as if any reference in this Act to a licence or permit were a reference to a licence or permit granted or made by the relevant Joint Authority in relation to the person alleged to have committed the offence or the boat alleged to have been used in the commission of the offence; (ii) as if any reference in this Act to fish were a reference to fish to which the Joint Authority fishery relates.

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