Regulation 48 Offence: non-compliance with self-employed masters' hours of work requirements

A person who contravenes a requirement of Part 4 is guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale.

It is a defence for a person charged with an offence under paragraph (1) to prove that there was an unavoidable delay in the completion of a voyage arising out of circumstances which that person could not reasonably have foreseen.