C2 Part III Protection of Ships and Harbour Areas against Acts of Violence
Offences relating to security of ships and harbour areas.
C1C337 False statements relating to baggage, cargo etc.
1
Subject to subsection (3) below, a person commits an offence if, in answer to a question which—
a
relates to any baggage, cargo or stores (whether belonging to him or to another) that is or are intended for carriage by sea—
i
by a British ship, or
ii
by any other ship to or from the United Kingdom, and
b
is put to him for purposes to which this Part of this Act applies—
i
by any of the persons mentioned in subsection (2) below,
ii
by any employee or agent of such a person in his capacity as employee or agent, or
iii
by a constable,
he makes a statement which he knows to be false in a material particular, or recklessly makes a statement which is false in a material particular.
2
The persons referred to in subsection (1)(b) above are—
a
a harbour authority,
F1aa
a harbour operator,
b
the owner, charterer or manager of any ship, and
c
any person who—
i
is permitted to have access to a restricted zone of a harbour area for the purposes of the activities of a business carried on by him, and
ii
has control in that restricted zone over the baggage, cargo or stores to which the question relates.
3
Subsection (1) above does not apply in relation to any statement made by an authorised person in the exercise of the power conferred by section 36(2)(b) of this Act.
4
A person guilty of an offence under subsection (1) above is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.
5
In this section—
cargo includes mail;
ship does not include a ship used in naval, customs or police service; and
stores means any goods intended for sale or use in a ship, including fuel and spare parts and other articles of equipment, whether or not for immediate fitting.
Pt. III extended (with modifications.) (Jersey) (1.1.1997) by S.I. 1996/2881, art. 2, Sch. Pts. I, II