{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-pilot-ladders-and-hoists-regulations-1987/regulation-11",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-pilot-ladders-and-hoists-regulations-1987/regulation-11.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1987/1961",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Pilot Ladders and Hoists) Regulations 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-pilot-ladders-and-hoists-regulations-1987",
  "path": "regulation/11",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "11",
  "heading": "Penalties",
  "text": "(1) A master of a ship who contravenes any provision of regulations 6, 8(4) or 9(8)(a), (b), (c), (e) or (9)(d)(i) shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £1000 or, on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years and a fine.\n(2) An owner of a ship who contravenes regulations 5 or 8(1) or (4) shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £1000 or, on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years and a fine.\n(3) An officer who fails to supervise as instructed by the master and required by regulations 6(d) or 9(8)(a) shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £500 or on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year and a fine.\n(4) An officer responsible for the maintenance of the hoist who fails to keep a record as required by regulation 8(5) shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £500.\n(5) Any person who fails to comply with regulation 9(9)(d)(ii) or (iii) shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £50.\n(6) It shall be a defence for a person charged with an offence under these Regulations to prove that he took all reasonable steps and exercised all due diligence to ensure that the Regulations were complied with.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/1961/regulation/11",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:18:01.713197+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."
}