12Furnishing of statistics

Furnishing of statistics.

12.—(1.) The holder of a licence under sub-section (1.) of section 13 of the Act to search for and take sedentary organisms of a kind specified in this regulation shall—

(a) not later than the seventh day of each month, furnish to a licensing licensing authority at the place where the licence was granted a return, in accordance with an approved form, showing the particulars indicated on the form concerning—

(i) the weight, value and number of pieces of pearl shell, trochus, bêche-de-mer and green snail taken in a controlled area;

(ii) the value of pearls, if any, taken in a controlled area; and

(iii) the average number of persons employed by him both on ships lawfully engaged in searching for and taking, in a controlled area, pearl shell, trochus, bêche-de-mer and green snail and at places on land in Australia or the Territories in connexion with the preparation for disposal of those sedentary organisms,

during the twelve months ended on the last preceding thirty-first day of January; and

(b) not later than the seventh day of each month, furnish to a licensing authority at the place where the licence was granted a return, in accordance with an approved form, showing the particulars indicated on the form concerning the weight of pearl shell, trochus, bêche-de-mer and green snail, respectively, taken, in a controlled area, during the preceding month, by each ship in respect of which he is the holder of a licence under sub-section (2.) of section 13 of the Act.

(2.) A person shall not furnish information under this regulation that is false or misleading in any particular.