# The Merchant Shipping (Health and Safety: General Duties) (Amendment) Regulations 1988, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the penalties in the Merchant Shipping (Health and Safety: General Duties) Regulations 1984. They provide that offences by an employer of contravening his general duty to ensure, so far as practicable, the health and safety of his employees may also be tried on indictment and punished by a fine or up to two years imprisonment (as an alternative to being triable summarily).
The Regulations also increase the maximum of certain other fines.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/1396/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-health-and-safety-general-duties-amendment-regulations-1988/note
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