321Direction to produce licence or records

321 Direction to produce licence or records (1) A conservation officer may direct a licensee to produce— (a) the licensee’s nature conservation licence; or

(b) a record required to be kept by the licensee under this Act. Note 1 A reference to an Act includes a reference to the statutory instruments Note 2 It is an offence to make a false or misleading statement or give false or (2) The direction must be in writing and state— (a) the licence or record to be produced; and (b) where and to whom the licence or record is to be produced; and (c) when the direction must be complied with (the due date), being a day at least 2 days after the day the direction is given to the person; and (d) that if the licence or record is not provided by the due date, the person may be committing an offence under section 322. (3) The conservation officer may do 1 or more of the following: (a) inspect the licence or record produced; (b) make copies of, or take extracts from the licence or record produced; (c) seize and remove the licence or record produced if the officer believes on reasonable grounds that it may provide evidence of an offence against this Act.