{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/offshore-installations-offshore-safety-directive-safety-case-etc-regulations-2015/regulation-40",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/offshore-installations-offshore-safety-directive-safety-case-etc-regulations-2015/regulation-40.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2015/398",
  "legislation_title": "The Offshore Installations (Offshore Safety Directive) (Safety Case etc.) Regulations 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/offshore-installations-offshore-safety-directive-safety-case-etc-regulations-2015",
  "path": "regulation/40",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "40",
  "heading": "Penalties",
  "text": "The maximum penalty for an offence consisting of a contravention of a requirement or prohibition imposed by or under these Regulations is—\n(a) on summary conviction—\n(i) in England and Wales, imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or a fine, or both;\n(ii) in Scotland, imprisonment for a term not exceeding twelve months or a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum, or both; and\n(b) on conviction on indictment, imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or a fine or both.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/398/regulation/40",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:46:05.014387+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."
}