Article 4

(1)

The Secretary of State may issue in respect of any person to whom article 3 of this Order applies a permit authorising him to enter into a specially protected area.

(2)

The provisions of subsections (2) to (8) of section 3 of the Act shall apply in respect of such a permit as if it were a permit issued under that section.

(3)

Any person who—

(a)

fails to comply with a requirement imposed on him by a permit in accordance with section 3(4) of the Act, as it applies in respect of a permit issued under paragraph (1) of this article, or

(b)

in any report made by him in pursuance of such a requirement knowingly or recklessly makes a statement which is false in a material particular,

shall be guilty of an offence.