{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-entry-into-dangerous-spaces-regulations-1988/regulation-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-entry-into-dangerous-spaces-regulations-1988/regulation-8.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1988/1638",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Entry into Dangerous Spaces) Regulations 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-entry-into-dangerous-spaces-regulations-1988",
  "path": "regulation/8",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Penalties",
  "text": "(1) Contravention of regulations 5 or 7 by an employer shall be an offence punishable on summary conviction by a fine not exceeding #2,000 or on conviction on indictment by imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or a fine or both.\n(2) Contravention of regulation 4, 5, 6 or 7 by a master shall be an offence punishable on summary conviction by a fine not exceeding #1000.\n(3) Contravention of regulation 5(2) or 5(3) by any person other than the employer or master shall be an offence punishable on summary conviction by a fine not exceeding #400.\n(4) It shall be a defence for a person charged under this regulation, including a person charged by virtue of regulation 9, to show he took all reasonable precautions and exercised all due diligence to avoid the 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/1988/1638/regulation/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T15:57:51.138286+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."
}