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Records to be kept of transfers of oil.
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6.—(1) There shall be kept in respect of every vessel to or from which any oil is transferred a record, in such form as the Minister shall prescribe, of all operations in connection with the transfer of oil to or from that vessel.
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(2) The record required by this section to be kept shall, in the case of a barge, be kept by the owner of the barge, and shall, in the case of any other vessel, be kept by the master of the vessel.
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(3) Every record kept in pursuance of this section may be inspected at all reasonable times by—
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(a) the harbour master of the harbour in which the vessel is at the time of inspection, or
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(b) the harbour master of any harbour in which a transfer of oil recorded or required by this section to be recorded in the record took place, or
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(c) any officer of the Minister, or
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(d) any officer of the Minister for Fisheries.
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(4) Every person required by this section to keep a record who—
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(a) fails to keep such record, or
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(b) fails to enter in such record any matter which ought by virtue of this section to be entered therein, or
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(c) makes any entry in such record which is to his knowledge false or misleading in any material respect, or
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(d) neglects or refuses to produce such record for the inspection of any person authorised by this section to inspect the same, or
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(e) prevents, obstructs, or impedes any person so authorised from or in making an inspection of such record,
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shall be guilty of an offence under this section and shall on summary conviction thereof be liable to a fine not exceeding fifty pounds.
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