{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-bch-code-regulations-1987/regulation-10",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-bch-code-regulations-1987/regulation-10.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1987/550",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (BCH Code) Regulations 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-bch-code-regulations-1987",
  "path": "regulation/10",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "10",
  "heading": "Penalties",
  "text": "(1) (a) If there is a breach of regulation 3, 5(5), 6 or 9 then the owner and master of the ship shall each be guilty of an offence punishable on summary conviction by a fine not exceeding £1,000, or, on indictment, by a fine;\n(b) if there is a breach of regulation 4(2) of these Regulations then the owner of the ship shall be guilty of an offence punishable on summary conviction by a fine not exceeding £1,000, or, on indictment, by a fine.\n(2) It shall be a defence for a person charged with an offence under these Regulations to prove that he took all reasonable steps to ensure that the regulations in question were complied with.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/550/regulation/10",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:28:56.718644+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."
}