{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-oil-pollution-and-general-provisions-guernsey-order-1998/article-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-oil-pollution-and-general-provisions-guernsey-order-1998/article-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1998/260",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Oil Pollution and General Provisions) (Guernsey) Order 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-oil-pollution-and-general-provisions-guernsey-order-1998",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Supplementary provision",
  "text": "After section 277 of the Merchant Shipping Act of article 2 above, there shall be inserted—\n“Accessories and abettors\n277A Any person who-knowingly or wilfully 1995, as extended to Guernsey by virtue aids, abets, counsels, causes, procures or commands the commission of an offence under this Act shall be liable to be dealt with, tried and punished as a principal offender.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/260/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:37:57.461343+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."
}