http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/21/schedule/2/paragraph/3Merchant Shipping Act 1995An Act to consolidate the Merchant Shipping Acts 1894 to 1994 and other enactments relating to merchant shipping.1995-07-19texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2026-06-29Expert Participation2026-06-23 Merchant Shipping Act 1995s. 145(2)(a)(ia)Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015Sch. 11 para. 16(2)s. 95(1)art. 3Sch. 1 para. 77Merchant Shipping Act 1995s. 145(2A)Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015Sch. 11 para. 16(3)s. 95(1)art. 3Sch. 1 para. 77Merchant Shipping Act 1995s. 145(2)(a)(ia)Criminal Justice Act 2003Sch. 36 para. 13(2)s. 336(3) (4)Merchant Shipping Act 1995s. 145(2A)Criminal Justice Act 2003Sch. 36 para. 13(3)s. 336(3) (4)Merchant Shipping Act 1995s. 85(9)Tobacco and Vapes Act 2026s. 164(3)s. 166s. 176(3)(a) SCHEDULE 231Subject to sub-paragraph (2) below, regulations—amay provide for the creation of offences and for their punishment on summary conviction or on conviction on indictment, andbmay afford, in respect of any description of offence created by the regulations, such defence (if any) as may be prescribed.2The punishment for an offence created by regulations shall be—aon summary conviction, a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum,bon conviction on indictment, imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or a fine, or both,but without prejudice to any further restriction contained in the regulations on the punishments which can be awarded and without prejudice to the exclusion by the regulations of proceedings on indictment.