Article 69 Failure to comply with directions

Any person who fails without reasonable excuse to comply with a general direction issued under article 65 (power to make general directions to vessels) or a special direction under article 67 (power to make special directions to vessels) is guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.

In any proceedings for an offence under paragraph (1) it shall be a defence for the person charged to prove that they took all reasonable precautions and exercised all due diligence to avoid the commission of the offence.