{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sea-fishing-days-in-port-regulations-1991/regulation-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sea-fishing-days-in-port-regulations-1991/regulation-5.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1991/139",
  "legislation_title": "The Sea Fishing (Days in Port) Regulations 1991",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sea-fishing-days-in-port-regulations-1991",
  "path": "regulation/5",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Offences",
  "text": "(1) If the master, the owner or any charterer of a vessel to which these Regulations apply—\n(a) without reasonable excuse contravenes any provision of regulation 4(1) or 4(5); or\n(b) in purporting to give information required by virtue of regulation 4(3), (4) or (5) makes a statement which he knows to be false in a material particular or recklessly makes a statement which is false in a material particular,\nhe shall be guilty of an offence.\n(2) Any person who—\n(a) assaults a British sea-fishery officer who is exercising any of the powers conferred on him by regulation 8 or intentionally obstructs any such officer in the exercise of any of those powers; or\n(b) fails without reasonable excuse to comply with any requirement imposed by a British sea-fishery officer under the powers conferred on British sea-fishery officers by regulation 8 or without reasonable excuse prevents any other person from complying with such a requirement,\nshall be guilty of an offence.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/1991/335",
      "affecting_title": "The Sea Fishing (Days in Port) (Amendment) Regulations 1991"
    },
    {
      "type": "inserted",
      "affecting": "uksi/1991/335",
      "affecting_title": "The Sea Fishing (Days in Port) (Amendment) Regulations 1991"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1991/139/regulation/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T14:52:35.852637+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."
}