{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-local-passenger-vessels-crew-regulations-2006/regulation-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-local-passenger-vessels-crew-regulations-2006/regulation-6.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2006/3224",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Local Passenger Vessels) (Crew) Regulations 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-local-passenger-vessels-crew-regulations-2006",
  "path": "regulation/6",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Offences",
  "text": "(1) If a vessel proceeds on a voyage in contravention of—\n(a) regulation 4(5), or\n(b) regulation 5(5),\nthe owner and master shall each be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.\n(2) It is a defence to a charge under this regulation that the person charged 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/2006/3224/regulation/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:14:17.003186+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."
}