{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-act-1995/section-255K",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-act-1995/section-255K.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1995/21",
  "legislation_title": "Merchant Shipping Act 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-act-1995",
  "path": "section/255K",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "255K",
  "heading": "Failure to insure",
  "text": "(1) The master and operator of a ship are each guilty of an offence if—\n(a) the ship enters or leaves a port in contravention of section 255J, or\n(b) anyone attempts to navigate the ship into or out of a port in contravention of that section.\n(2) A person guilty of the offence is 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": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Pt. 9A inserted (5.2.2015 for the insertion of ss. 255A, 255J, 255N, 255R for specified purposes, 14.4.2015 in so far as not already in force) by Wreck Removal Convention Act 2011 (c. 8), ss. 1(2), 2(2); S.I. 2015/133, arts. 2, 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 255K(2) 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(14) (with reg. 5(1))"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/21/section/255K",
    "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."
}