{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-international-safety-management-ism-code-regulations-2026/regulation-24",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-international-safety-management-ism-code-regulations-2026/regulation-24.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2026/194",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (International Safety Management (ISM) Code) Regulations 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-international-safety-management-ism-code-regulations-2026",
  "path": "regulation/24",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "24",
  "heading": "Offences",
  "text": "(1) Any contravention of the following regulations is an offence by an ISM company—\n(a) regulation 9 (duty of ISM company);\n(b) regulation 12 (prohibition on operating a United Kingdom ship without a Document of Compliance);\n(c) regulation 13(7) (duty to hold Document of Compliance on board ship);\n(d) regulation 14(6) (duty to hold Interim Document of Compliance on board ship);\n(e) regulation 15 (prohibition on proceeding or attempting to proceed on any voyage without a valid Safety Management Certificate);\n(f) regulation 16(7) (duty to hold Safety Management Certificate on board ship);\n(g) regulation 17(6) (duty to hold Interim Safety Management Certificate on board ship);\n(h) regulation 23(1) or (2) (prohibition on non-United Kingdom ships proceeding or attempting to proceed on any voyage without a relevant document).\n(2) Any contravention of the following regulations is an offence by the master—\n(a) regulation 10 (duty of master);\n(b) regulation 15;\n(c) regulation 16(7);\n(d) regulation 17(6);\n(e) regulation 23(2).\n(3) Any contravention of regulation 11 (duty of designated person) is an offence by a designated person responsible for that contravention.\n(4) Any contravention of regulation 19(7) (falsification of a relevant document etc.) is an offence by the person in question.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/194/regulation/24",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:05:24.789877+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."
}