You commit an offence if you fail to keep or provide accounts or records when asked to do so under the Fisheries Act 1996. You also commit an offence if you make false or misleading statements in any communication or application related to this Act. You can be penalised under section 252(3) if you commit this offence.

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229: Obstructing fishery officers or high seas fishery inspectors, or

"Don't stop fishery officers from doing their job"

231: Knowingly making false statement or using false document to obtain benefit, or

"It's against the law to lie or use false information to get a benefit under the Fisheries Act"

Part 13Offences and penalties

230Neglect or refusal to supply particulars, and improper divulging of information

Every person commits an offence who—
fails to keep, or provide, any accounts or records, or who neglects or refuses to provide any records, return, or information, when lawfully requested or required to do so under this Act; or
makes any false or misleading statement, or omits any material information, in any communication, application, record, or return prescribed by or in accordance with this Act, or required for its administration.

Every person who commits an offence against subsection (1) is liable to the penalty set out in section 252(3).

Compare

1983 No 14 ss 96, 107
1986 No 34 s 27(1)