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