# Merchant Shipping Act 1974, Paragraph 3

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

A person shall not be guilty of an offence against any provision contained in or having effect under the principal section or this Schedule by reason only of something done by that person wholly outside the area of the United Kingdom unless that person is a British subject or a company incorporated under the law of any part of the United Kingdom.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1974/43/schedule/4/paragraph/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-act-1974/schedule-4/paragraph-3
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