# Merchant Shipping Act 1995, Section 266: Offences.


(1) Any person who contravenes any requirement imposed by an improvement notice shall be liable—
(a) on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum;
(b) on conviction on indictment, to a fine.
(2) Any person who contravenes any prohibition imposed by a prohibition notice shall be liable—
(a) on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum;
(b) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or a fine or both.
(3) It shall be a defence for a person charged with an offence under this section to prove that he exercised all due diligence to avoid a contravention of the requirement or prohibition in question.
(4) In this section any reference to an improvement notice or a prohibition notice includes a reference to any such notice as modified under section 264(3).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/21/section/266 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-act-1995/section-266
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