{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-navigational-warningsregulations-1996/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-navigational-warningsregulations-1996/regulation-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1996/1815",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Navigational Warnings)Regulations 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-navigational-warningsregulations-1996",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) If a master fails to report a danger to navigation as required by these Regulations, he shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 2 on the standard scale.\n(2) It shall be a defence for any person charged under these Regulations to show that he took all reasonable precautions to avoid the 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/1996/1815/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:39:09.845287+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."
}