# The Merchant Shipping (High-Speed Craft) Regulations 1996, Regulation 14: Penalties


(1) If a high-speed craft to which these Regulations apply proceeds, or attempts to proceed, to sea or otherwise on a voyage or excursion without complying with the requirements of regulation 4, 5 or 12(1), (2), (3) or (4) of these Regulations, the owner and master of the craft shall each be guilty of an offence in respect of each case of non-compliance 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.
(2) Any contravention of regulation 11(3) shall be an offence, punishable on summary conviction by a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum or, on conviction on indictment, by imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months, or a fine, or both.
(3) Any contravention of regulation 12(6) shall be an offence punishable on summary conviction by a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.
(4) Any contravention of regulation 13, being an offence corresponding to the offence under section 283 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1894, shall be an offence by both the owner and master and shall be punishable on summary conviction by a fine not exceeding £50,000 or, on conviction on indictment, by imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or a fine, or both.
(5) 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 compliance with the Regulations.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/3188/regulation/14 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-high-speed-craft-regulations-1996/regulation-14
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