The Merchant Shipping (Provisions and Water) Regulations 1989

Offences and Penalties

6.—(1) Contravention of regulation 4 by an employer shall be an offence punishable only on summary conviction by a fine not exceeding level four on the standard scale.

(2) Contravention of regulation 4 or 5 by a master shall be an offence punishable only on summary conviction by a fine not exceeding level four on the standard scale.

(3) It shall be a defence for a person charged in respect of a contravention of any of these Regulations, including a person charged by virtue of regulation 7, to show that he took all reasonable precautions and exercised all due diligence to avoid the commission of the offence.