{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/offshore-installations-and-pipeline-works-management-and-administration-regulations-1995/regulation-21E",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/offshore-installations-and-pipeline-works-management-and-administration-regulations-1995/regulation-21E.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1995/738",
  "legislation_title": "The Offshore Installations and Pipeline Works (Management and Administration) Regulations 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/offshore-installations-and-pipeline-works-management-and-administration-regulations-1995",
  "path": "regulation/21E",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "21E",
  "heading": "Mode of trial and penalties in relation to registration of death or loss",
  "text": "(1) In relation to an offence consisting of a contravention of the requirement imposed by regulation 21B(1)—\n(a) proceedings on indictment are excluded; and\n(b) the punishment which can be imposed is restricted to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.\n(2) In relation to an offence consisting of a contravention of a requirement imposed by regulation 21B(2) or 21C—\n(a) proceedings on indictment are excluded; and\n(b) the punishment which can be imposed is restricted to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.\n(3) It is a defence in any proceedings for an offence consisting of a contravention of a requirement imposed by regulation 21B(1) or (2) or 21C for the person charged to prove—\n(a) that the person exercised all due diligence to prevent the commission of the offence; and\n(b) that the relevant contravention was committed without the person's consent, connivance or wilful default.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Regs. 21A-21H inserted (19.7.2015) by The Offshore Installations (Offshore Safety Directive) (Safety Case etc.) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/398), reg. 1, Sch. 13 para. 14 (with reg. 4(2), Sch. 14)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/738/regulation/21E",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:13:09.279957+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."
}