{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-work-in-fishing-convention-regulations-2018/regulation-19",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-work-in-fishing-convention-regulations-2018/regulation-19.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2018/1106",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Work in Fishing Convention) Regulations 2018",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-work-in-fishing-convention-regulations-2018",
  "path": "regulation/19",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "19",
  "heading": "Secretary of State functions in the event of fishing vessel owner default",
  "text": "(1) If the fishing vessel owner of a United Kingdom fishing vessel fails to make the provision required under regulation 14 or 17, the Secretary of State must make the required provision (or secure that it is made) and may recover the costs incurred from the fishing vessel owner as a civil debt.\n(2) If the fishing vessel owner of a fishing vessel which is not a United Kingdom fishing vessel fails to make the provision required under regulation 14 or 17 the Secretary of State may make the required provision (or secure that it is made) and may recover the costs incurred from the fishing vessel owner as a civil debt.\n(3) Subject to paragraph (5), the costs which the Secretary of State may recover under paragraphs (1) and (2) include—\n(a) costs incurred by the Secretary of State in making the required provision (or securing that it is made); and\n(b) costs incurred by the Secretary of State in reimbursing another person (including a State) which has made the required provision (or having secured its provision), whether or not the Secretary of State has requested or required them to do so.\n(4) Subject to paragraph (5), if a fishing vessel owner of a United Kingdom fishing vessel fails to make the provision required under regulation 14 or 17 and the fisherman incurs costs in making the required provision (or securing that it is made), the fisherman may recover the costs from the fishing vessel owner as a civil debt.\n(5) The costs incurred by the fisherman which are referred to in paragraph (4)—\n(a) may not be recovered by the fisherman under paragraph (4) if they have been recovered by the Secretary of State under paragraph (1); and\n(b) may not be recovered by the Secretary of State under paragraph (1) if they have been recovered by the fisherman under paragraph (4).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2018/1106/regulation/19",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:53:04.739429+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."
}