{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-emergency-information-for-passengers-regulations-1990/regulation-9",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-emergency-information-for-passengers-regulations-1990/regulation-9.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1990/660",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Emergency Information for Passengers) Regulations 1990",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-emergency-information-for-passengers-regulations-1990",
  "path": "regulation/9",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Penalties and defence",
  "text": "(1) If a ship to which these Regulations apply proceeds on any voyage or excursion without complying with the requirements of regulations 4, 5(2)(b) and 6 the owner of the ship shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum or on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or a fine or both.\n(2) If regulation 5(1) or 2(a) is not complied with the master of the ship shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum or on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or a fine or both.\n(3) It shall be a defence to a charge under these Regulations for the defendant to show that all reasonable steps were taken to avoid commission of the offence.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1990/660/regulation/9",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T15:23:13.368098+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."
}