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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fisheries-act-2020/schedule-3/paragraph-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fisheries-act-2020/schedule-3/paragraph-3.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2020/22",
  "legislation_title": "Fisheries Act 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fisheries-act-2020",
  "path": "schedule/3/paragraph/3",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) A sea fish licensing authority may require the master, the owner and the charterer (if any) of the fishing boat named in a sea fishing licence granted by the authority to provide such information, in such form, as the authority may direct.\n(2) A person who fails without reasonable excuse to comply with such a requirement is guilty of an offence.\n(3) Any person who—\n(a) for the purpose of obtaining a sea fishing licence, or\n(b) in purported compliance with sub-paragraph (1),\nprovides information which the person knows to be false in a material particular or recklessly provides information which is false in a material particular is guilty of an offence.\n(4) For further provision about an offence under sub-paragraph (2) or (3) (including provision as to penalties), see sections 19 to 21.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2020/22/schedule/3/paragraph/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:00:19.398570+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}