Maritime Jurisdiction Act 2021
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Prosecution for offence on foreign ship | ||
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11. (1) Where a person who is not an Irish citizen or ordinarily resident in the State is charged with an offence alleged to have been committed in the territorial sea on board, or by means of, a foreign ship, no further proceedings in relation to the offence (other than any remand in custody or on bail) may be taken except with a certificate of the Minister that the proceedings are, in his or her opinion, appropriate in all the circumstances. | ||
(2) This section does not apply to an offence under one or more of the following: | ||
(a) the Dumping at Sea Acts 1996 to 2009; | ||
(b) the Maritime Security Act 2004 ; | ||
(c) the Merchant Shipping Acts 1894 to 2015; | ||
(d) the Sea-Fisheries Acts 2003 to 2019; | ||
(e) the Sea Pollution Acts 1991 to 2014. |