{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-anti-fouling-systems-regulations-2024/regulation-12",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-anti-fouling-systems-regulations-2024/regulation-12.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2024/509",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Anti-Fouling Systems) Regulations 2024",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-anti-fouling-systems-regulations-2024",
  "path": "regulation/12",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": "Offences and penalties",
  "text": "(1) Any contravention of—\n(a) regulation 6(1), (2) or (4) (prohibitions and requirements for ships);\n(b) regulation 7(3)(a) or (b), or (6) (AFS-Certificates: ships of 400 gross tonnage or above);\n(c) regulation 8(3) (AFS-Declarations: ships of less than 400 gross tonnage);\n(d) regulation 10(1) or (2) (availability of certificates and other documents),\nis an offence by the owner and master in respect of each case of non-compliance.\n(2) Any contravention of regulation 9(3) (alteration etc. of a certificate) is an offence by the person in question.\n(3) An offence under paragraph (1) or (2) is punishable—\n(a) on summary conviction—\n(i) in England and Wales by a fine; or\n(ii) in Scotland or Northern Ireland by a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum; or\n(b) on conviction on indictment by a fine.\n(4) It is a defence for a person charged with an offence under this regulation to prove that the person charged took all reasonable steps to avoid the commission of the offence.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2024/509/regulation/12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:31:01.909954+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."
}