{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-pilot-transfer-arrangements-regulations-1999/regulation-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-pilot-transfer-arrangements-regulations-1999/regulation-8.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1999/17",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Pilot Transfer Arrangements) Regulations 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-pilot-transfer-arrangements-regulations-1999",
  "path": "regulation/8",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Penalties",
  "text": "(1) An owner of a ship who contravenes any provision of regulation 5 shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum or, on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or a fine or both.\n(2) A master of a ship who contravenes any provision of regulation 6 shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum or, on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or a fine or both.\n(3) A responsible officer who fails to supervise as instructed by the master and required by regulation 6(2) shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum, or on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or a fine or both.\n(4) It shall be a defence to a charge under this regulation to prove that the person charged took all reasonable steps to avoid 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/1999/17/regulation/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:11:21.588075+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."
}