{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-safety-of-navigation-regulations-2020/regulation-9",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-safety-of-navigation-regulations-2020/regulation-9.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2020/673",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Safety of Navigation) Regulations 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-safety-of-navigation-regulations-2020",
  "path": "regulation/9",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Offences in respect of which a sentence of imprisonment and/or a fine may be imposed",
  "text": "(1) Any contravention of—\n(a) regulation 5(2)(a) (on board plan for cooperation with search and rescue services);\n(b) regulation 5(2)(g), in so far as it requires a ship to comply with paragraphs 1 to 3 and 7 of regulation 18 in Chapter V (approval, surveys and performance standards of navigational systems and equipment and voyage data recorder);\n(c) regulation 5(2)(h) (carriage requirements for shipborne navigational systems and equipment);\n(d) regulation 5(2)(j) (voyage data recorders);\n(e) regulation 5(2)(k), in so far as it requires a ship to comply with regulation 30 in Chapter V (operational limitations),\nis an offence by the owner and master.\n(2) Any contravention of—\n(a) regulation 5(2)(c), in so far it requires a ship to comply with paragraph 7 of regulation 11 in Chapter V (ship reporting systems);\n(b) regulation 5(2)(k), in so far as it requires a ship to comply with regulation 28 in Chapter V (records of navigational activities and daily reporting);\n(c) regulation 5(2)(l), in so far as it requires a ship to comply with paragraph 1 of regulation 31 in Chapter V (danger messages);\n(d) regulation 5(2)(n), in so far as it requires a ship to comply with paragraphs 1 and 2 of regulation 33 in Chapter V (distress situations: obligations and procedures);\n(e) regulation 5(2)(o) (safe navigation and avoidance of dangerous situations),\nis an offence by the master.\n(3) Any contravention of regulation 5(2)(k) in so far as it requires a ship to comply with the following regulations in Chapter V—\n(a) regulation 24 (use of heading and/or track control systems);\n(b) regulation 25 (operation of steering gear);\n(c) regulation 26 (steering gear: testing and drills), other than paragraph 3.1,\nis an offence by the master or any person directed to undertake tasks.\n(4) Any contravention of—\n(a) regulation 5(2)(p) (master’s discretion);\n(b) regulation 5(2)(q) (misuse of distress signals),\nis an offence by the person responsible.\n(5) An offence under this regulation is punishable—\n(a) on summary conviction—\n(i) in England and Wales by a fine; or\n(ii) in Scotland or Northern Ireland by a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum;\n(b) on conviction on indictment by imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or a fine, or both.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 9 in force at 31.7.2020, see reg. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/673/regulation/9",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:28:44.004070+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."
}