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3. Without prejudice to the generality of article 2, the regulations may in particular include provision—
(a)with respect to the carrying out of surveys and inspections and the issue, duration and recognition of certificates;
(b)with respect to—
(i)the application of the regulations to the Crown;
(ii)the extraterritorial operation of the regulations; and
(iii)the extension of the provisions of the regulations, with or without modifications, to any relevant British possession;
(c)that a specified contravention of the regulations shall be an offence punishable on summary conviction by a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum or on conviction on indictment by a fine;
(d)that any such contravention shall be an offence punishable only on summary conviction by a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale; and
(e)for detaining a ship in respect of which a contravention of the regulations is suspected to have occurred, and, in relation to that ship, for applying section 284 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 with such modifications as may be specified in the regulations.
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