Regulation 54 Port access or entry for UN designated ships: licensing offencesI1

United Kingdom

(1)

A person (“P”) commits an offence if P knowingly or recklessly—

(a)

provides information that is false in a material respect, or

(b)

provides or produces a document that is not what it purports to be,

for the purpose of obtaining a port licence (whether for P or anyone else).

(2)

A person who purports to act under the authority of a port licence but who fails to comply with any condition of the licence commits an offence.

(3)

A licence in respect of which an offence under paragraph (1) has been committed is to be treated as void from the time at which it was issued.

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