{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-submersible-craft-construction-and-survey-regulations-1981/regulation-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-submersible-craft-construction-and-survey-regulations-1981/regulation-7.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1981/1098",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Submersible Craft Construction and Survey) Regulations 1981",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-submersible-craft-construction-and-survey-regulations-1981",
  "path": "regulation/7",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Offences",
  "text": "(1) An owner who contravenes any provision of Regulation 3(1) or 4 of these Regulations shall be guilty of an offence.\n(2) The punishment for an offence created by these Regulations shall be:\n(a) on summary conviction, a fine not exceeding £1,000;\n(b) on conviction on indictment, imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or a fine, or both.\n(3) In proceedings for an offence under this Regulation it shall be a defence for the accused to prove—\n(a) that he has exercised all due diligence to prevent the commission of the offence; and\n(b) that the contravention was committed without his consent or connivance.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1981/1098/regulation/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T18:35:26.362503+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."
}