PART 5TRANSFER AND VARIATION OF PERMISSIONS

Offences relating to transfers and variations23

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 shall be 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 shall be an offence.