{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-submersible-craft-operations-regulations-1987/regulation-18",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-submersible-craft-operations-regulations-1987/regulation-18.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1987/311",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Submersible Craft Operations) Regulations 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-submersible-craft-operations-regulations-1987",
  "path": "regulation/18",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "18",
  "heading": "Offences",
  "text": "(1) A person who contravenes any provision 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 £2,000;\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 exercised all due diligence to prevent commission of the offence; and\n(b) that the offence was committed without his consent, connivance or default.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/311/regulation/18",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:31:47.806875+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."
}