Cap. 405 Art. 4Power for Minister to require information.

(1) The Minister may, by notice in writing served on any person who is -

(a) the operator of one or more aircraft registered or operating in Malta, or

(b) an air cargo agent operating in Malta, or

(c) the manager of an airport in Malta, require that person to inform the Minister of the measures, of a description specified in the notice, which are being taken in respect of aircraft registered or operating in Malta of which he is the operator or in respect of that airport, as the case may be, for purposes to which this Part of this Act applies.

(2) A notice under subarticle (1) shall specify a date (not being earlier than four weeks from the date on which the notice is served) before which the information required by the notice in accordance with subarticle (1) is to be furnished to the Minister.

(3) Any such notice shall also require the person on whom it is served, after he has furnished to the Minister the information required by the notice in accordance with subarticle (1), to inform the Minister if at any time -

(a) any further measures, in respect of aircraft registered or operating in Malta of which at that time he is the operator, or in respect of the airport to which the information so furnished related, as the case may be, are taken for purposes to which this Part of this Act applies, either -

(i) by way of alteration of, or addition to, the measures specified in any information previously furnished by him under this article; or

(ii) by way of applying any measures so specified to aircraft, or to a part of the airport, not comprised in the previous information; or

(b) any measures taken as mentioned in that subarticle or in paragraph (a) are discontinued.

(4) In so far as such a notice requires further information to be furnished to the Minister in accordance with subarticle (3), it shall require that information to be furnished to him before the end of such period, not being less than seven days from the date on which the further measures in question are taken, as is specified in the notice for the purposes of this subarticle, and where the measures are to be discontinued before they are so discontinued.

(5) Any person who -

(a) refuses or, without reasonable cause, fails to comply with a requirement imposed on him by a notice under this article, or

(b) in furnishing any information so required, makes a statement which he knows to be false in a material particular, or recklessly makes a statement which is false in a material particular, shall be guilty of an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine (multa) not exceeding two thousand and three hundred and twenty-nine euro and thirty-seven cents (2,329.37) or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to both such fine and imprisonment.

(6) A notice served on a person under subarticle (1) may at any time be revoked by a further notice served on him by the Minister.