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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-dangerous-or-noxious-liquid-substances-in-bulk-regulations-1996/regulation-14",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1996/3010",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Dangerous or Noxious Liquid Substances in Bulk) Regulations 1996",
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  "path": "regulation/14",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "14",
  "heading": "Penalties",
  "text": "(1) If there is any contravention of these Regulations the owner and master of the ship shall each be guilty of an offence punishable on summary conviction by a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum, or on conviction 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.",
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  "version": "current",
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    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/1998/1153",
      "affecting_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Dangerous or Noxious Liquid Substances in Bulk) (Amendment) Regulations 1998"
    },
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      "affecting_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Dangerous or Noxious Liquid Substances in Bulk) (Amendment) Regulations 1998"
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      "affecting": "uksi/2009/1210",
      "affecting_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Implementation of Ship-Source Pollution Directive) Regulations 2009"
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      "affecting_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Implementation of Ship-Source Pollution Directive) Regulations 2009"
    },
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2009/1210",
      "affecting_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Implementation of Ship-Source Pollution Directive) Regulations 2009"
    },
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2015/664",
      "affecting_title": "The Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (Fines on Summary Conviction) Regulations 2015"
    },
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2015/664",
      "affecting_title": "The Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (Fines on Summary Conviction) Regulations 2015"
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/3010/regulation/14",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:31:07.634178+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."
}