I move amendment No. 26:
In page 13, line 25, to delete "If a person" and substitute "Except as permitted by or under this Act, if a person".
In the Seanad debate, Senator Burke requested that authorised persons be specifically exempted from this provision so that they could enter any licensed site in the course of their duties and, for the avoidance of doubt. I have included the requested exemption. The issue arose because the section provides that no person can trespass, fish or otherwise interfere with anything done by a licensee pursuant to the licence without the permission of the licensee. The issue which arose was whether the section might be used to prevent, for example, officers of a regional fishery board entering onto a farm and to avoid doubt, I am exempting authorised persons from that provision.