# Merchant Shipping Act 1979, Paragraph 10

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

In section 667(3) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1894 (under which a person who fails to comply with a notice to extinguish or screen a light which may be mistaken for a lighthouse is guilty of a eommon nuisance and is also liable to a fine not exceeding £100) for the words from “a common nuisance” onwards there shall be substituted the words “an offence and liable to a fine not exceeding one thousand pounds”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1979/39/schedule/6/paragraph/10 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-act-1979/schedule-6/paragraph-10
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