{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-maritime-labour-convention-minimum-requirements-for-seafarers-etc-regulations-2014/regulation-59A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-maritime-labour-convention-minimum-requirements-for-seafarers-etc-regulations-2014/regulation-59A.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/59A",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "59A",
  "heading": "Further provision on penalties",
  "text": "(1) Offences under the provisions listed in paragraph (2) are punishable on summary conviction—\n(a) in England and Wales, by a fine;\n(b) in Scotland and Northern Ireland, by a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.\n(2) The provisions referred to in paragraph (1) are—\n(a) regulation 53J(3);\n(b) regulation 53M(2);\n(c) regulation 53S(3).\n(3) Offences under the provisions listed in paragraph (4) are punishable—\n(a) on summary conviction—\n(i) in England and Wales, by a fine;\n(ii) in Scotland or 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(4) The provisions referred to in paragraph (3) are—\n(a) regulation 53B(2);\n(b) regulation 53F.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Reg. 59A inserted (12.7.2018) by The Merchant Shipping (Maritime Labour Convention) (Compulsory Financial Security) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/667), regs. 1, 2(10)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/1613/regulation/59A",
    "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."
}