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The Merchant Shipping (Distress Signals and Prevention of Collisions) Regulations 1989

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5.—(1) Where any of these Regulations is contravened, the owner of the vessel, the master and any person for the time being responsible for the conduct of the vessel shall each be guilty of an offence, punishable on conviction on indictment by imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years and a fine, or on summary conviction:–

(a)in the case of any infringement of Rule 10(b)(i) (duty to proceed with traffic flow in lanes of separation schemes) of the International Regulations (being an offence corresponding to an offence under section 419(2) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1894(1)) and by a fine not exceeding £50,000; and

(b)in any other case by a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum.

(2) It shall be a defence for any person charged under these Regulations to show that he took all reasonable precautions to avoid the commission of the offence.

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1894 c. 60, as amended by the Merchant Shipping Act 1979 (c. 39), Schedule 6, Part VII, paragraph 5.

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