{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-international-safety-management-ism-code-regulations-2026/regulation-25",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-international-safety-management-ism-code-regulations-2026/regulation-25.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/25",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "25",
  "heading": "Penalties",
  "text": "(1) An offence under regulation 24(1) (offences by an ISM company) is punishable—\n(a) on summary conviction—\n(i) in England and Wales by a fine; and\n(ii) in Scotland and Northern Ireland by a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum; or\n(b) on conviction on indictment by a fine.\n(2) An offence under regulation 24(2) or (3) (offences by a master or designated person) is punishable—\n(a) on summary conviction—\n(i) in England and Wales by a fine; and\n(ii) in Scotland and Northern Ireland by a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum; or\n(b) on conviction on indictment by imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or a fine, or both.\n(3) An offence under regulation 24(4) (offence relating to falsification of relevant document etc.) is punishable—\n(a) on summary conviction—\n(i) in England and Wales by a fine; and\n(ii) in Scotland and Northern Ireland by a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum; or\n(b) on conviction on indictment by imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, or a fine, or both.",
  "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/25",
    "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."
}