{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-hours-of-work-regulations-1995/regulation-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-hours-of-work-regulations-1995/regulation-7.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1995/157",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Hours of Work) Regulations 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-hours-of-work-regulations-1995",
  "path": "regulation/7",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Penalties",
  "text": "(1) If an operator contravenes regulation 2(1) or 4, he shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.\n(2) If an employer contravenes regulation 2(1) or 4, he shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.\n(3) If a master contravenes regulation 2(2) he shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.\n(4) If a master contravenes regulation 3 or 4(9) or (10) he shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 1 on the standard scale.\n(5) If a seaman contravenes regulation 3 he shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 1 on the standard scale.\n(6) It shall be a good defence for a person charged with an offence involving contravention of regulation 4 to prove that he took all reasonable steps 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/1995/157/regulation/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:18:11.779690+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."
}