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Records to be kept at registered scutch-milling premises.
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23.—(1) Every registered proprietor of registered scutch-milling premises shall keep or cause to be kept in such premises the prescribed records in the prescribed form, and shall make or cause to be made in every such record the prescribed entries at or within the prescribed times.
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(2) Every record kept in pursuance of this section may be inspected at all reasonable times by an inspector, and it shall be the duty of the person liable under this section to keep such record to produce for the inspection of such inspector on demand such record and also all invoices, consignment notes, receipts and other documents (including copies thereof where the originals are not available) reasonably demanded by such inspector for the purpose of verifying any entry in or explaining any omission from such record.
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(3) If any person—
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(a) fails to keep or cause to be kept such record as is required by this section to be kept or caused to be kept by him; or
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(b) fails to make or cause to be made in such record within the prescribed time any entry required by this section to be made by him therein; or
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(c) fails to produce or cause to be produced for inspection by an inspector on demand any record, document, or copy of a document which he is required by this section to produce or obstructs any inspector in the making of such inspection; or
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(d) wilfully or negligently makes or causes to be made in such record any entry which is false or misleading in any material particular,
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he shall be guilty of an offence under this section and shall be liable on summary conviction thereof to a fine not exceeding twenty pounds.
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(4) For the purposes of this section—
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(a) inspection of a record shall include taking copies thereof or making extracts therefrom; and
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(b) a demand for inspection of a record or other document shall be deemed to have been duly made to the registered proprietor if such demand is made verbally on the registered premises to any person in the employment of the registered proprietor; and
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(c) a refusal or failure to produce a record or other document for inspection, if made or committed on the registered premises, by a person in the employment of the registered proprietor shall be deemed to have been made or committed by the registered proprietor.
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