# The Merchant Shipping (Minimum Standards of Safety Communications) Regulations 1997, Regulation 6: Offence and penalties


(1) Any contravention of any provision of regulation 5 shall be an offence, punishable on summary conviction by a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum or on indictment by imprisonment for not more than six months, or a fine, or both.
(2) It shall be a defence for a person charged with an offence under these Regulations to prove he took all reasonable steps to ensure the Regulations were complied with.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/529/regulation/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-minimum-standards-of-safety-communications-regulations-1997/regulation-6
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