{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fishing-vessels-life-saving-appliances-regulations-1988/regulation-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fishing-vessels-life-saving-appliances-regulations-1988/regulation-8.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1988/38",
  "legislation_title": "The Fishing Vessels (Life-Saving Appliances) Regulations 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fishing-vessels-life-saving-appliances-regulations-1988",
  "path": "regulation/8",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Penalties",
  "text": "(1) If a vessel to which these Regulations apply proceeds to sea without complying with the requirements of regulations 3 or 5, the owner and skipper of the vessel shall each be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £2000.\n(2) If a vessel to which these Regulations apply proceeds to sea without complying with the requirements of regulation 4, the owner and skipper of the vessel shall each be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £500.\n(3) It shall be a defence to a charge under this regulation to prove that the person charged took all reasonable steps to avoid the commission of the offence.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "omitted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2001/9",
      "affecting_title": "The Fishing Vessels (Code of Practice for the Safety of Small Fishing Vessels) Regulations 2001"
    },
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/1998/927",
      "affecting_title": "The Fishing Vessels (Life-Saving Appliances) (Amendment) Regulations 1998"
    },
    {
      "type": "word omitted",
      "affecting": "uksi/1999/3210",
      "affecting_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Radio) (Fishing Vessels) Regulations 1999"
    },
    {
      "type": "rev.in pt.",
      "affecting": "uksi/1999/3210",
      "affecting_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Radio) (Fishing Vessels) Regulations 1999"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/38/regulation/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:13:22.239282+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."
}