The Merchant Shipping (International Safety Management (ISM) Code) Regulations 1998

Offences and penalties

19.—(1) Any contravention of regulations 4, 5, or 8 by a company shall be an offence punishable on summary conviction by a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum, or on conviction on indictment by imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years, or a fine, or both.

(2) Any contravention of regulation 6 by the company shall be an offence punishable on summary conviction by a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.

(3) Any contravention of regulation 7 by the master of a ship shall be an offence punishable on summary conviction by a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum, or on conviction on indictment by imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years, or a fine, or both.

(4) Any contravention of regulation 8(2) by the designated person shall be an offence punishable on summary conviction by a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum, or on conviction on indictment by imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years, or a fine, or both.

(5) Any company which operates a ship on a service when the service is suspended under regulation 16(1)(b) above shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum, or on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years, or a fine, or both.

(6) Any contravention of regulation 18(3) shall be an offence, punishable on summary conviction by a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum, or on conviction on indictment by imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months, or a fine, or both.