{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-act-1995/schedule-3A/paragraph-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-act-1995/schedule-3A/paragraph-8.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1995/21",
  "legislation_title": "Merchant Shipping Act 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-act-1995",
  "path": "schedule/3A/paragraph/8",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "A person guilty of an offence under paragraph 6 or 7 shall be liable—\n(a) on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding £50,000, or\n(b) on conviction on indictment, to a fine\non summary conviction, or on conviction on indictment, to a fine.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 3A inserted (10.9.2003) by Marine Safety Act 2003 (c. 16), s. 4, Sch. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 3A para. 8 substituted (E.W.) (12.3.2015) by The Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (Fines on Summary Conviction) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/664), reg. 1(1), Sch. 4 para. 27(16) (with reg. 5(1))"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/21/schedule/3A/paragraph/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:33:07.847944+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."
}