6.—(1) Any person may apply to the Department, using such form as she may prescribe, to have a place designated for the purposes of Article 9, and Article 22 of the CFP Regulation as a fish auction site.
(2) An applicant for designation shall include with his application a statement as to the facilities and proposed methods of operation he will use at the site.
(3) In considering an application for designation the Department shall take into account whether the statement as to the facilities and proposed methods of operation at the site are such as to assist compliance with Article 9, Article 22 of the CFP Regulation and these Regulations.
(4) The Department shall notify an applicant in writing of its decision on an application for designation made in accordance with this regulation.
(5) Where the Department grants a designation it shall specify the conditions, listed at Schedule 2, subject to which the designation is granted.
(6) The Department shall publish a list of designated fish auction sites in such a manner that it sees fit.
(7) The designation of a site may be suspended where in the view of the Department—
(a)a condition subject to which the designation was granted has not been complied with; or
(b)the methods of operation and facilities at the site do not comply with the requirements of Article 9, Article 22 of the CFP Regulation or these Regulations.
(8) Any person who knowingly or recklessly makes a false statement for the purposes of this regulation is guilty of an offence.
(9) Any person who has control over a designated site, or part of a site, and breaches a condition of the site’s designation, is guilty of an offence.
(10) In this regulation—
“person who has control of a designated site” includes, in relation to the site or a part of the site, the owner of the site or that part, or his agent, or any person who exercises any control over or is in possession of the site or that part.