# The Merchant Shipping (Load Line) Regulations 1998, Regulation 36: Offences and penalties in relation to certificates and surveys


(1) No person shall:
(a) intentionally alter a certificate referred to in these Regulations;
(b) falsely make a certificate referred to in these Regulations;
(c) in connection with any survey required by these Regulations, knowingly or recklessly furnish false information;
(d) with intent to deceive, use, lend, or allow to be used by another, a certificate referred to in these Regulations;
(e) fail to surrender a certificate required to be surrendered under regulation 11; or
(f) in Scotland forge any certificate referred to in these Regulations.
(2) Any contravention of paragraph (1) 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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/2241/regulation/36 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-load-line-regulations-1998/regulation-36
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