# The Merchant Shipping (Accident Investigation)Regulations 1989, Regulation 13: Penalties


(1) If a master, owner or officer fails without reasonable cause to report an accident as required by regulation 5, or if a master or owner so fails to provide information as required by regulation 6, he shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.
(2) If any person fails without reasonable cause to comply with regulation 7 above he shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum and on conviction on indictment to a fine.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/1172/regulation/13 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-accident-investigationregulations-1989/regulation-13
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