179Cancellation of acceptance of statement

179 Cancellation of acceptance of statement (1) An enforcement official may cancel the acceptance of a statement as an effective statement for the purposes of this Part (including a statement taken to have been accepted by force of section 178(8))— (a) if in the case of a known user statement or a sold vessel statement, the person nominated in the statement as being the responsible person gives to an enforcement official within the prescribed period a nomination rejection statement and the enforcement official is satisfied, having regard to the matters stated in the nomination rejection statement, that the nomination was incorrect; or It is an offence to provide false or misleading information in a statement: see section 182. (b) if in the case of a statement not containing all the information required by section 178(2), the information contained in the statement proves not to be sufficient to identify or locate the nominated person; or (c) in prescribed circumstances. (2) If the acceptance of a statement as an effective statement is cancelled under subsection (1), on that cancellation— (a) the statement ceases to be an effective statement for the purposes of this Part; and (b) the person who would, but for the statement, have continued to be the responsible person in relation to the vessel becomes again the responsible person.