Aquaculture and Fisheries (Scotland) Act 2007 Explanatory Notes

The Act

Part 1: Fish Farms and Shellfish Farms

Powers of inspectors and offences

Section 11 – Offences: general

28.Subsection (1) of section 11 provides that it is an offence for a person to fail, without reasonable excuse, to comply with a requirement imposed by an inspector by virtue of Part 1 of the Act or to obstruct an inspector in the exercise of the inspector’s powers under that Part. Accordingly, this is the provision which makes it an offence for a person to fail to comply with a requirement imposed by an inspector under section 1(5) (Information about fish farms and shellfish farms) and section 10(3) (Entry: supplementary).

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