Revocation of approval
9.—(1) At any time after the Department has approved an application in respect of any fishing boat, it may revoke the approval of the application or withhold any part of the payment in respect of the application if it appears to it that the relevant person –
(a)has not complied with any of the undertakings relating to this Scheme given pursuant to Article 3;
(b)(i)has knowingly furnished information or produced a document in purported compliance with any provision of this Scheme which is false in a material particular, or
(ii)has recklessly furnished information or produced a document in purported compliance with any provision of this Scheme which is false in a material particular; or
(c)has failed, or his employee or agent has failed, to comply with Article 7.
(2) Where approval is revoked under paragraph (1) after any payment relating to the fishing boat to the Defra provider has been made, the Department may recover on demand from the applicant an amount equal to the whole or any part of any such payment.