Regulation 8 Penalties

Any person who contravenes any provision of these Regulations shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction for each such offence to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale, and upon such conviction the court may order that any apparatus for wireless telegraphy in respect of which the offence was committed shall be forfeited.

For the purposes of any proceedings under these Regulations, the master or person being or appearing to be in command or charge of any visiting ship or aircraft shall be deemed to have authorised and to be responsible for the use of any apparatus for wireless telegraphy on board such ship or aircraft.

Any summons, complaint or other document in any proceedings under these Regulations shall be deemed to have been duly served on the person to whom the same is addressed by being left with the person being or appearing to be in command or charge of the visiting ship or visiting aircraft in which the offence is charged to have been committed.