http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/21/section/77/2004-10-01Merchant 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 Database2026-04-20Expert Participation2004-10-01 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) Part III771Except as provided by regulations under this section an official log book in a form approved by the Secretary of State shall be kept in every United Kingdom ship.2The Secretary of State may make regulations prescribing the particulars to be entered in official log books, the persons by whom such entries are to be made, signed or witnessed, and the procedure to be followed in the making of such entries and in their amendment or cancellation.3The regulations may require the production or delivery of official log books to such persons, in such circumstances and within such times as may be specified therein.4Regulations under this section may exempt ships of any description from any requirements thereof, either generally or in such circumstances as may be specified in the regulations.5Regulations under this section may make a contravention of any provision thereof an offence punishable on summary conviction with a fine not exceeding level 2 on the standard scale or not exceeding a lesser amount.6If a person intentionally destroys or mutilates or renders illegible any entry in an official log book he shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale.