{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-prevention-of-pollution-by-garbage-regulations-1998/regulation-14",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-prevention-of-pollution-by-garbage-regulations-1998/regulation-14.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1998/1377",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Pollution by Garbage) Regulations 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-prevention-of-pollution-by-garbage-regulations-1998",
  "path": "regulation/14",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "14",
  "heading": "Offences",
  "text": "(1) Any breach of the requirements of these Regulations (other than of the requirements of regulations 4, 5, 6 or 7)—\n(a) in respect of a ship, shall be an offence on the part of the owner, manager, demise charterer and master of the ship; and\n(b) in respect of an installation, shall be an offence on the part of the owner and installation manager,\npunishable on summary conviction by a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum or on conviction on indictment by a fine.\n(2) Any breach of the requirements of regulation 4, 5, 6 or 7 above—\n(a) in respect of a ship, shall be an offence on the part of the owner, manager, demise charterer and master of the ship; and\n(b) in respect of an installation, shall be an offence on the part of the owner and installation manager,\nand section 131(3) of the Actshall apply as it applies to an offence under that section, so that each of them shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £25,000 or on conviction on indictment to a fine.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1995 c. 21; section 131(3) was amended by the Merchant Shipping and Maritime Security Act 1997 (c. 28), section 7(1)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/1377/regulation/14",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:27:51.914453+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."
}