Department may collect information

(1) The Department may, in performing any of its functions under these Regulations, from time to time, require any person, officer or other authority to furnish to it or to any prescribed authority or officer any reports, returns, statistics, accounts and other information that may be required for the purposes of these Regulations and such person, officer, or other authority shall be bound to do so. (2) A person who fails to comply with subregulation (1) on being required by the Department to do so, commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars.