Offences relating to transfers and variations
23.—(1) A person commits an offence who, for the purposes of obtaining (whether for that person or another) a transfer of a permission under regulation 16 or a variation of a permission under regulation 17, or in response to a request under regulation 21(3)(b) —
(a)makes a statement or representation, or furnishes a document or information, which that person knows to be false in a material particular; or
(b)recklessly makes a statement or representation, or furnishes a document or information, which is false in a material particular.
(2) It is an offence for a person to fail to comply with any condition of transfer.
(3) While a permission is suspended under regulation 21(7) or regulation 21(8), any continued or further dredging under the permission will be an offence.