# The Merchant Shipping (Code of Safe Working Practices for Merchant Seamen) Regulations 1998, Regulation 5: Penalties


(1) Any contravention of regulation 4(1) to (4) of these Regulations shall be an offence punishable on summary conviction by a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.
(2) Any contravention of regulation 4(5) of these Regulations shall be an offence punishable on summary conviction by a fine not exceeding level 1 on the standard scale.
(3) It shall be a defence for a person charged under paragraph (1) of this regulation to show that he took all reasonable precautions and exercised all due diligence to avoid the commission of the offence.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/1838/regulation/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-code-of-safe-working-practices-for-merchant-seamen-regulations-1998/regulation-5
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