# Merchant Shipping Act 1979, Paragraph 18

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

In subsection (6) of section 3 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1974 (under paragraph (a) of which a person who fails to provide information as required by that section is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £1,000 in some cases and £400 in others and under paragraph (b) of which a person who provides false information is so liable) for paragraph (i) there shall be substituted the words
“(i) on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £500 in the case of an offence under paragraph (a) of this subsection and not exceeding £1,000 in the case of an offence under paragraph (b) of this subsection, and”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1979/39/schedule/6/paragraph/18 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-act-1979/schedule-6/paragraph-18
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