# The Merchant Shipping (Oil Pollution Preparedness, Response and Co-operation Convention) (Amendment) Regulations 2015, Regulation 9: Amendment of regulation 7


(1) Regulation 7(offences) of the 1998 Regulations is amended as follows.
(2) In paragraph (1)—
(a) omit “offshore installation or of an”; and
(b) after “facility” insert “or any responsible person”.
(3) After paragraph (2) insert—
“(3) Any responsible person who without reasonable cause—
(a) fails to comply with a duty under regulation 4(9); or
(b) breaches the obligation in regulation 4(10),
is guilty of an offence punishable on summary conviction by a fine not exceeding £5,000, or on conviction on indictment by a fine.
(4) Any operator of an oil handling facility who, without reasonable cause, breaches the obligation in regulation 4(11) is guilty of an offence punishable on summary conviction by a fine not exceeding £5,000, or on conviction on indictment by a fine.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/386/regulation/9 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-oil-pollution-preparedness-response-and-co-operation-convention-amendment-regulations-2015/regulation-9
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