Sea Fish Industry Act 1970

12 General provisions as to keeping of books, furnishing information, etc.

(1) Any person engaged in the white fish industry shall keep such books and records as may be prescribed, and the Authority may from time to time give to any such person a notice requiring him to produce any such books or records to an officer authorised by the Authority or to furnish to the Authority such returns and other information specified in the notice as the Authority may require for the discharge of their functions.

(2) At any time during the currency of a licence granted under this Act the person having possession of it shall, on being required to do so by an officer authorised as aforesaid and on the officer, if so required, showing his certificate, produce the licence to that officer; and any person concerned in the management of a vessel to which this Part of this Act applies in respect of which there is in force a licence so granted—

(a) on being required to do so by such an officer and on the officer, if so required, showing his certificate, shall furnish to the officer the name and address of the person having possession of the licence ;

(b) on being required to do so by a notice given to him by the Authority, shall furnish to the Authority that name and address.

(3) If any person required by or under this section, or section 8 or 9 of this Act, or a scheme, to produce or furnish any document or information in his possession or control fails to comply with the requirement, he shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £25 ; and if in furnishing any information for the purposes of any of the sections aforesaid or of a scheme a person knowingly or recklessly makes any statement or representation which is false in a material particular, or if with intent to deceive a person produces or furnishes for the purposes aforesaid any document or information which is false in a material particular, he shall be liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or to a fine not exceeding £100 or to both.