# The Merchant Shipping (Oil Pollution Preparedness, Response and Co-operation Convention) Regulations 1998, Regulation 7: Offences


(1) Any harbour authority or any operator of an offshore installation or of an oil handling facility who without reasonable cause:
(a) fails to submit or re-submit an oil pollution emergency plan in accordance with regulation 4(3), (4) or (5);
(b) does not maintain an oil pollution emergency plan, as approved (with alterations directed by the MCA or the Secretary of State, as the case may be, if so directed) under regulation 4(5) to (7); or
(c) fails to implement its oil pollution emergency plan in contravention of regulation 4(8),
shall be guilty of an offence punishable on summary conviction by a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum or on conviction on indictment by a fine.
(2) Any person required to make a report under regulation 5 or 6, as the case may be who, without reasonable cause, fails to comply with that requirement in all respects shall be guilty of an offence punishable on summary conviction by a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum or on conviction on indictment by a fine.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/1056/regulation/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-oil-pollution-preparedness-response-and-co-operation-convention-regulations-1998/regulation-7
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