Regulation 12

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

reg. 12(1) words revoked by Offshore Installations and Pipeline Works (Management and Administration) 1995 Sch. 2 Pt. 1
reg. 12(2) words revoked by Offshore Installations and Pipeline Works (Management and Administration) 1995 Sch. 2 Pt. 1
reg. 12(3)-(5) revoked by Offshore Installations and Pipeline Works (Management and Administration) 1995 Sch. 2 Pt. 1

(1)

A contravention of any requirement of Regulation 2(1), 3, 6(1), 7(1) or 9(1) shall be an offence for which the manager of the relevant installation at the time of the contravention shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £100.

(2)

A contravention of any requirement of Regulation 2(1), 5, 6, 7, 9(2) or 10 shall be an offence for which the owner of the relevant installation shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £100.

(3)

A contravention of any requirement of Regulation 4 shall be an offence for which the person occasioning the contravention shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £100.

(4)

If any person wilfully refuses to give any information necessary for the maintenance of the records required to be maintained by Regulation 7, he shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £50.

(5)

If any person wilfully enters any false information in a logbook or record required to be maintained by Regulation 7 or makes any false certificate in any return of death or, knowing such certificate to be false, sends the same as true to any person, he shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £400.

(6)

It shall be a defence in any proceedings for an offence under paragraphs (1) and (2) of this Regulation for the person charged to prove:—

(a)

that he exercised all due diligence to prevent the commission of the offence; and

(b)

that the relevant contravention was committed without his consent, connivance or wilful default.