14.—(1) Paragraphs (2) and (3) apply in relation to a ship referred to in regulation 3(1), except that paragraph (3) does not apply in relation to—
(a)a fixed or floating platform;
(b)a floating storage unit; or
(c)a floating production storage and off-loading unit,
which was constructed before 1st July 2003 and has not been in dry-dock on or after 1st July 2003.
(2) Where a contravention of Article 4 (which prohibits the application on ships of organotin compounds which act as biocides) occurs on or after the date on which these Regulations come into force, the owner and master of the ship in question are each guilty of an offence.
(3) Where a contravention of Article 5(2) (which prohibits ships from bearing organotin compounds, unless they have a barrier coating) occurs or continues after the date on which these Regulations come into force, the owner and master of the ship in question are each guilty of an offence.
(4) Any contravention of—
(a)regulation 5(2) or (3), 6(2), or 9(1) or (2) is an offence by the owner and the master of the ship;
(b)regulation 8(4) is an offence by the person in question.
(5) An offence under this regulation is punishable—
(a)on summary conviction by a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum; or
(b)on conviction on indictment by a fine.