# Merchant Shipping (Registration, etc.) Act 1993 (repealed 1.1.1996), Paragraph 77

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

In paragraph 5 of Schedule 5 to the 1974 Act (provision as to regulations relating to submersible and supporting apparatus)—
(a) in sub-paragraph (b), after “regulations” insert “ (other than proceedings to which paragraph (bb) below applies) ”; and
(b) after sub-paragraph (b) insert—
“(bb) may provide that in any proceedings in Scotland for an offence under the regulations a statement in any complaint or indictment of any such fact as is mentioned in sub-paragraph (b) above shall, until the contrary is proved, be sufficient evidence of the fact as so stated,”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1993/22/schedule/4/paragraph/77 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-registration-etc-act-1993-repealed-111996/schedule-4/paragraph-77
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