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The Submarine Pipe-lines (Inspectors etc.) Regulations 1977

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7.—(1) A person commits an offence if—

(a)he contravenes or fails to comply with a requirement imposed by an inspector under Regulation 3(1) above or an obligation imposed on him by Regulations 4 to 6 above; or

(b)he wilfully obstructs any person exercising a power conferred, or performing a duty imposed, by these Regulations; or

(c)in furnishing any information for the purposes of these Regulations, he makes or causes to be made on his behalf a statement which he knows to be false or does not believe to be true.

(2) In any proceedings for an offence under these Regulations, it shall be a defence for the person charged to prove that he took all reasonable precautions and exercised all due diligence to avoid the commissions of the offence.

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