{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-act-1979/schedule-6/part-III",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-act-1979/schedule-6/part-III.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1979/39",
  "legislation_title": "Merchant Shipping Act 1979",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-act-1979",
  "path": "schedule/6/part/III",
  "kind": "part",
  "number": "III",
  "heading": "Maximum Fine of £500 on Summary Conviction",
  "text": "Enactment\nSubject matter\nMerchant Shipping Act 1894 (c. 60)—\nsection 10(3)\nFalse statement in certificate given by builder of ship.\nsection 518\nFailure to deliver wreck or particulars of wreck to receiver.\nsection 519(2)\nRetaining cargo washed up from wreck.\nsection 536(2)\nImpeding assistance for a ship in distress or removing its cargo.\nsection 666(2)\nInjuring lighthouses, lightships and similar equipment.\nMerchant Shipping (Safety and Load Line Conventions) Act 1932 (c. 9)—\nsection 24(3)\nFailure to report danger to navigation.\nMerchant Shipping Act 1970 (c. 36)—\nsection 1(8)\nBreach of provisions about crew agreements.\nsection 21(4)\nBreach of regulations about food.\nsection 22(4)(a) and (b)\nRetention or use of food which is unfit or of wrong quality.\nsection 24(2)\nInadequate medical stores.\nsection 68(6)\nDestruction and mutilation of official log book.\nsection 70(4)\nFalse statement to obtain British seaman’s card.\nsection 86(2)\nGoing to sea without appropriate charts etc.\nparagraph 4(2) of Part I of Schedule 2\nMaximum period of duty for seamen employed in fishing vessels.\nMerchant Shipping (Oil Pollution) Act 1971 (c. 59)—\nsection 10(7)\nCarrying and production of certificate in respect of insurance cover for oil pollution damage.\nPrevention of Oil Pollution Act 1971 (c. 60)—\nsection 18(8) so far as it relates to obstruction\nFailure to comply with requirements to produce book or records or to certify true copy.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1979/39/schedule/6/part/III",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:17:14.005654+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}