{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-ro-ro-passenger-ships-stability-regulations-2004/regulation-9",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-ro-ro-passenger-ships-stability-regulations-2004/regulation-9.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2004/2884",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Ro-Ro Passenger Ships) (Stability) Regulations 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-ro-ro-passenger-ships-stability-regulations-2004",
  "path": "regulation/9",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Penalties",
  "text": "(1) Any contravention of regulations 4 to 6 of these Regulations in respect of a ship or high speed craft shall be an offence by both the owner and the master of that ship punishable on summary conviction by a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum and on conviction on indictment by imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or a fine, or both.\n(2) Any contravention of regulation 7(1) or (3) of these Regulations by the operator of a regular service shall be an offence by that operator punishable on summary conviction by a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum and on conviction on indictment by imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or a fine, or both.\n(3) It shall be a defence for a person charged under these Regulations to show that he took all reasonable steps to avoid the commission of the offence.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 9 in force at 29.11.2004, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/2884/regulation/9",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T05:16:03.971839+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."
}