# Fisheries Act 2020, Paragraph 3


(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.
(2) A person who fails without reasonable excuse to comply with such a requirement is guilty of an offence.
(3) Any person who—
(a) for the purpose of obtaining a sea fishing licence, or
(b) in purported compliance with sub-paragraph (1),
provides 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.
(4) For further provision about an offence under sub-paragraph (2) or (3) (including provision as to penalties), see sections 19 to 21.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2020/22/schedule/3/paragraph/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/fisheries-act-2020/schedule-3/paragraph-3
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