{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-maritime-labour-convention-minimum-requirements-for-seafarers-etc-regulations-2014/regulation-59",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-maritime-labour-convention-minimum-requirements-for-seafarers-etc-regulations-2014/regulation-59.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2014/1613",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Maritime Labour Convention) (Minimum Requirements for Seafarers etc.) Regulations 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-maritime-labour-convention-minimum-requirements-for-seafarers-etc-regulations-2014",
  "path": "regulation/59",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "59",
  "heading": "Penalties",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) to (5) and regulation 59A, offences under these Regulations are punishable on summary conviction by a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.\n(2) Offences under the following provisions are punishable on summary conviction by a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale—\n(a) regulation 10(3) and (7);\n(b) regulation 12(4);\n(c) regulation 15(2), but only in relation to an offence consisting of a breach of regulation 15(1)(b);\n(d) regulation 36(3);\n(e) regulation 45(2); ...\n(f) regulation 46(2);\n(g) regulation 53G(3);\n(h) regulation 53I(3); and\n(i) regulation 53Q(3).\n(3) Offences under the following provisions are punishable on summary conviction by a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale—\n(a) regulation 12(8);\n(b) regulation 13(3);\n(c) regulation 24(5), (9) and (12);\n(d) regulation 25(3);\n(e) regulation 28(4), but only in relation to an offence consisting of a breach of regulation 28(3)(b);\n(f) regulation 29(5);\n(g) regulation 33(5), but only in relation to an offence consisting of a breach of regulation 33(4)(a);\n(h) regulation 36(5); ...\n(i) regulation 41(4), but only in relation to an offence consisting of a breach of regulation 41(3)(b);\n(j) regulation 53G(5); and\n(k) regulation 53Q(5).\n(4) Offences under the following provisions are punishable on summary conviction by a fine not exceeding level 2 on the standard scale—\n(a) regulation 17(5);\n(b) regulation 18(2);\n(c) regulation 24(3);\n(d) regulation 29(7); and\n(e) regulation 33(5), but only in relation to an offence consisting of a breach of regulation 33(4)(b).\n(5) Offences under the following provisions are punishable on summary conviction by a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum or on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to a fine, or to both—\n(a) regulation 29(3);\n(b) regulation 30(4);\n(c) regulation 31(3);\n(d) regulation 32(4);\n(e) regulation 33(3);\n(f) regulation 37(8); and\n(g) regulation 41(9). ...\n(h) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 59(1) inserted (12.7.2018) by The Merchant Shipping (Maritime Labour Convention) (Compulsory Financial Security) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/667), regs. 1, 2(9)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in reg. 59(2)(e) omitted (12.7.2018) by virtue of The Merchant Shipping (Maritime Labour Convention) (Compulsory Financial Security) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/667), regs. 1, 2(9)(b)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Reg. 59(2)(g)-(i) inserted (12.7.2018) by The Merchant Shipping (Maritime Labour Convention) (Compulsory Financial Security) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/667), regs. 1, 2(9)(b)(ii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Word in reg. 59(3)(h) omitted (12.7.2018) by virtue of The Merchant Shipping (Maritime Labour Convention) (Compulsory Financial Security) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/667), regs. 1, 2(9)(c)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Reg. 59(3)(j)(k) inserted (12.7.2018) by The Merchant Shipping (Maritime Labour Convention) (Compulsory Financial Security) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/667), regs. 1, 2(9)(c)(ii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in reg. 59(5) substituted (12.7.2018) by The Merchant Shipping (Maritime Labour Convention) (Compulsory Financial Security) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/667), regs. 1, 2(9)(d)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Word in reg. 59(5)(f) inserted (12.7.2018) by The Merchant Shipping (Maritime Labour Convention) (Compulsory Financial Security) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/667), regs. 1, 2(9)(d)(ii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "Word in reg. 59(5)(g) omitted (12.7.2018) by virtue of The Merchant Shipping (Maritime Labour Convention) (Compulsory Financial Security) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/667), regs. 1, 2(9)(d)(iii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F9",
      "text": "Reg. 59(5)(h) omitted (12.7.2018) by virtue of The Merchant Shipping (Maritime Labour Convention) (Compulsory Financial Security) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/667), regs. 1, 2(9)(d)(iv)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/1613/regulation/59",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:12:29.056253+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."
}