# The Merchant Shipping (Boatmasters' Qualifications, Crew and Hours of Work) Regulations 2015, Regulation 48: Offence: non-compliance with self-employed masters' hours of work requirements


(1) 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.
(2) 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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/410/regulation/48 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-boatmasters-qualifications-crew-and-hours-of-work-regulations-2015/regulation-48
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