9.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), a registered seller of fisheries products must keep records of each sale of first sale fisheries products made by that seller at the place in the United Kingdom which is notified to the Scottish Ministers for that purpose in the application for registration made by the registered seller of fisheries products.
(2) Where a registered seller of fisheries products does not operate that seller's business from the United Kingdom, or where a registered seller of fisheries products is not established in the United Kingdom, the registered seller of fisheries products must send records of every sale of first sale fisheries products made by the seller to the Scottish Ministers by 31st December in each year.
(3) The records referred to in this article must include all of the following information in relation to each sale—
(a)the date and location of the sale;
(b)the quantity of each species sold;
(c)the price paid for each species sold;
(d)the name and PLN number of the vessel which landed the fish;
(e)the name, address and registration number of the buyer; and
(f)the reference number of the contract of sale or invoice.
(4) A registered seller of fisheries products must keep the records of each sale, as required by this article, for the period of 3 years beginning with the date of that sale.
(5) A registered seller of fisheries products must produce the records referred to in this article—
(a)upon the request of a British sea-fishery officer; and
(b)where the registered seller of fisheries products does not operate that seller's business from the United Kingdom, or where the registered seller of fisheries products is not established in the United Kingdom, to the Scottish Ministers within 28 days of receiving a request from a British sea-fishery officer under sub-paragraph (a) to produce those records.
(6) A registered seller of fisheries products who fails to keep or send the records required by this article, or to produce the records in accordance with paragraph (5), commits an offence.
(7) A person commits an offence if that person, in purported compliance with this article, keeps, sends or produces records which are false or misleading in a material way—
(a)knowing the records to be false or misleading; or
(b)being reckless as to whether the records are false or misleading.