22Certain duties of registered persons

22.—(1.) A registered person, or a person who has been a registered person, shall retain in his possession every record of a sale or other record of which he has possession, being a record for the purposes of, or relevant to the operation of, this Act, until its disposal is authorized by the Secretary and shall, at the request of a person authorized by the Secretary, produce any such record for inspection by the person or, in the case of a record made for the purposes of this Act, deliver it to that person.

(2.) A registered person shall—

(a) furnish to the Secretary, as required by the Secretary, information in his possession that is relevant to the operation of this Act; and

(b) permit a person authorized in writing by the Secretary to have full access, at all reasonable times, to books and documents in his possession that are relevant to the operation of this Act, and to take copies of, or extracts from, any such books or documents.

(3.) It is the duty of a registered person promptly to bring to the notice of the Secretary any circumstances coming to his notice that give reasonable grounds for suspecting that—

(a) a transaction is one in relation to which section 11 of this Act could be applicable; or

(b) a person has committed, or attempted to commit, an offence against this Act.

(4.) A registered person is not to make a charge, by way of commission or otherwise, in respect of a deficiency payment.

(5.) The last preceding sub-section does not prevent the making by a registered person of a charge, in respect of insurance of wool, based on the amount of a deficiency payment in respect of the wool, or the retention from a deficiency payment of an amount in respect of such a charge in accordance with section 9 of this Act.

False representation as to registration.