{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-diving-safety-regulations-2002/regulation-20",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-diving-safety-regulations-2002/regulation-20.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2002/1587",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Diving Safety) Regulations 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-diving-safety-regulations-2002",
  "path": "regulation/20",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "20",
  "heading": "Proceedings",
  "text": "(1) In any proceedings for an offence under these Regulations an averment in any process of the fact that anything was done or situated within United Kingdom waters shall, until the contrary is proved, be sufficient evidence of that fact as stated in the averment.\n(2) In any proceedings in Scotland for an offence under these Regulations a statement in any complaint or indictment of the fact that anything was done or situated within United Kingdom waters shall, until the contrary is proved, be sufficient evidence of that fact as so stated.\n(3) Proceedings for an offence under these Regulations may be taken, and the offence be treated for all incidental purposes as having been committed, in any place in the United Kingdom.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/1587/regulation/20",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T06:54:39.919460+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."
}