{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/offshore-installations-emergency-pollution-control-regulations-2002/regulation-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/offshore-installations-emergency-pollution-control-regulations-2002/regulation-5.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2002/1861",
  "legislation_title": "The Offshore Installations (Emergency Pollution Control) Regulations 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/offshore-installations-emergency-pollution-control-regulations-2002",
  "path": "regulation/5",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Offences",
  "text": "(1) A person who contravenes or fails to comply with any requirement of a direction given to him under regulation 3 above shall be guilty of an offence.\n(2) A person who intentionally obstructs any person who is—\n(a) acting on behalf of the Secretary of State in connection with the giving or service of a direction under regulation 3 above;\n(b) acting in compliance with a direction under that regulation; or\n(c) acting under paragraph (4) or (5) of that regulation,\nshall be guilty of an offence.\n(3) In proceedings for an offence under paragraph (1) above, it shall be a defence for the accused to prove—\n(a) that, subject to regulation 3(6) above, he has used all due diligence to ensure compliance with the direction; or\n(b) that he had reasonable cause for believing that compliance with the direction would have involved a serious risk to human life.\n(4) A person guilty of an offence under paragraph (1) or (2) above shall be liable—\n(a) on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding £50,000;\n(b) on conviction on indictment, to a fine.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2015/664",
      "affecting_title": "The Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (Fines on Summary Conviction) Regulations 2015"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/1861/regulation/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T06:52:27.568198+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."
}