Part 7 SCommon enforcement powers etc.: licensing and marine protection etc.

Duties of marine enforcement officersS

152Duty to state name and purpose, etc.S

(1)Before exercising any power conferred by this Part, a marine enforcement officer must if requested to do so give the information mentioned in subsection (3).

(2)Before exercising any power conferred by this Part, any person assisting a marine enforcement officer by virtue of section 148 must, if requested to do so, give the information mentioned in paragraph (b) and (c) of subsection (3).

(3)The information is—

(a)the person's name,

(b)the power the person is proposing to exercise,

(c)the grounds for proposing to do so.

(4)A person may exercise a power conferred by this Part only if the person complies with the duty imposed by subsection (1) or (as the case may be) that imposed by subsection (2).