# Merchant Shipping Act 1979, Paragraph 20

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

In paragraph 3(2) of Schedule 5 to the Merchant Shipping Act 1974 (under which a person who commits an offence created by regulations relating to submersible or supporting apparatus is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £1,000 in some cases and £400 in others unless the regulations prescribe a lower limit) for paragraph (a) there shall be substituted the words
“(a) on summary conviction a fine not exceeding £1,000”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1979/39/schedule/6/paragraph/20 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-act-1979/schedule-6/paragraph-20
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