{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/broads-authority-act-2009/section-15",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/broads-authority-act-2009/section-15.json",
  "legislation": "ukla/2009/1",
  "legislation_title": "Broads Authority Act 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/broads-authority-act-2009",
  "path": "section/15",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "15",
  "heading": "Offences as to standards and insurance requirements",
  "text": "(1) The owner or master of a vessel who without reasonable excuse and (in the case of a master of a vessel who is not also the owner) knowingly—\n(a) keeps, lets for hire or uses a vessel in the navigation area or on adjacent waters which does not comply with any standards applicable to the vessel; or\n(b) contravenes the requirements of section 14(2) as to insurance policies,\nshall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale.\n(2) It shall be a defence for the owner or master of a vessel charged with an offence under subsection (1) to prove that he had taken all reasonable precautions and exercised due diligence to avoid the commission of any such offence.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukla/2009/1/section/15",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T14:45:04.799593+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}