Regulation 46 Offence: failing to disclose a medical condition
A person who contravenes regulation 25(1) F1... is guilty of an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.
The owner of a vessel who causes or permits it to begin a voyage when the person serving as its master is a person who contravenes regulation 25(1) ... is guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.
It is a defence to a charge under this regulation that the person charged took all reasonable steps to avoid commission of the offence.
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Textual amendments
- F1
Words in reg. 46 omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Merchant Shipping (Inland Waterways) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/808), regs. 1(2), 3(11); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)