{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/ship-recycling-requirements-in-relation-to-hazardous-materials-on-ships-amendment-etc-regulations-2018/regulation-11",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2018/1122",
  "legislation_title": "The Ship Recycling (Requirements in relation to Hazardous Materials on Ships) (Amendment etc.) Regulations 2018",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/ship-recycling-requirements-in-relation-to-hazardous-materials-on-ships-amendment-etc-regulations-2018",
  "path": "regulation/11",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "11",
  "heading": "Offences under regulations 9 and 10: supplementary",
  "text": "(1) In proceedings for an offence under regulation 9 or 10, it is a defence for a person charged under either regulation to prove that they took all reasonable steps to avoid committing the offence.\n(2) A ship owner or master who is guilty of an offence under regulation 9 or 10 is liable—\n(a) on summary conviction—\n(i) in England and Wales, to a fine;\n(ii) in Scotland or Northern Ireland, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum; or\n(b) on conviction on indictment, to a fine or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to both.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2018/1122/regulation/11",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:52:54.311541+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."
}