{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-act-1979/schedule-6/part-V",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-act-1979/schedule-6/part-V.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1979/39",
  "legislation_title": "Merchant Shipping Act 1979",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-act-1979",
  "path": "schedule/6/part/V",
  "kind": "part",
  "number": "V",
  "heading": "Fine on Conviction on Indictment and Maximum Fine of £1,000 on Summary Conviction",
  "text": "Enactment\nSubject matter\nMerchant Shipping Act 1894 (c. 60)—\nsection 285(5)\nSafety equipment for passenger steamers.\nsection 286\nUnauthorised weight on safety valve of passenger steamer.\nsection 413(2)\nFishing boat sailing without certificated skipper and second hand.\nsection 413(3)\nService or employment of uncertificated person as skipper or second hand of fishing boat.\nsection 430(1)\nProvision of life-saving appliances for ships.\nsection 432(2)\nAdjustment of compasses and provision of hose in ship.\nsection 433\nUnauthorised weight on safety valve of steamship.\nThe Merchant Shipping Act 1906 (c. 48)—\nsection 16(2)\nPassengers not to be carried on more than one deck below water line.\nMerchant Shipping (Safety and Load Line Conventions) Act 1932 (c. 9)—\nsection 30(2)\nAvoidance of danger from ice.\nMerchant Shipping (Safety Convention) Act 1949 (c. 43)—\nsection 5(5)\nBreach of rules for direction-finders.\nsection 6(3)\nBreach of rules about radio navigational aids.\nsection 6(4)\nUsing unauthorised apparatus for signals to or from radio navigational aids.\nsection 12(3)(b)\nSteamer other than passenger steamer going to sea without certificates.\nsection 12(6)\nCompliance with conditions of exemption certificate.\nsection 19(2)\nCompliance with rules about closing of openings in ship’s hull.\nsection 21(3)\nMisuse of distress signals.\nsection 23(3)\nBreach of rules about carriage of dangerous goods.\nsection 24(1)\nFailure to take precautions in loading grain to prevent it from shifting.\nsection 24(2)\nEntering port with grain which was loaded without precautions to prevent it from shifting.\nMerchant Shipping Act 1964 (c. 47)—\nsection 5(2)\nGoing to sea without safety construction certificate.\nsection 7(1)\nBreach of cargo ship construction and survey rules.\nMerchant Shipping (Load Lines) Act 1967 (c. 27)—\nsection 3(2)\nBreach of load line rules in respect of British ship.\nsection 4(4)\nTaking or sending ship to sea with load line submerged.\nsection 9(3)\nGoing to sea without load line certificate.\nsection 13(3)\nBreach of load line rules in respect of foreign ship.\nsection 24(4)\nBreach of deck cargo regulations.\nFishing Vessels (Safety Provisions) Act 1970 (c. 27)—\nsection 1(4)\nContravention of construction rules.\nsection 4(2)\nGoing to sea without certificates of compliance with construction and other rules.\nMerchant Shipping Act 1970 (c. 36)—\nsection 45\nGoing to sea undermanned.\nsection 46(1)\nUnqualified person going to sea as qualified.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Sch. 6 Pt. V amended by Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48, SIF 39:1), s. 49(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1979/39/schedule/6/part/V",
    "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."
}