{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-maritime-labour-convention-medical-certification-regulations-2010/regulation-18",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-maritime-labour-convention-medical-certification-regulations-2010/regulation-18.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2010/737",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Maritime Labour Convention) (Medical Certification) Regulations 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-maritime-labour-convention-medical-certification-regulations-2010",
  "path": "regulation/18",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "18",
  "heading": "Offences and penalties",
  "text": "(1) Any person who contravenes regulation 6 or 7 is guilty of an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine of an amount not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.\n(2) An employer who fails to comply with regulation 8(3) or 15(1) is guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine of an amount not exceeding level 2 on the standard scale.\n(3) A seafarer who fails without reasonable excuse to comply with a requirement made under regulation 13(3) is guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine of an amount not exceeding level 2 on the standard scale.\n(4) Any person who—\n(a) obstructs a relevant inspector in the exercise of his powers under regulation 20, or\n(b) fails without reasonable excuse to comply with a requirement made under regulation 20,\nis guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine of an amount not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.\n(5) In any proceedings for an offence under these Regulations it is a defence for the person charged to show that all reasonable steps had been taken by that person to ensure compliance with the relevant provision of these Regulations.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/737/regulation/18",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:48:19.476561+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."
}