PenaltiesU.K.
7.—(1) A shipowner is guilty of an offence if—
(a)a ship belonging to the shipowner enters or leaves a port in contravention of regulation 4, or
(b)anyone attempts to navigate that ship into or out of a port in contravention of that regulation.
(2) A shipowner guilty of an offence under paragraph (1) is liable—
(a)on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum, or
(b)on conviction on indictment to a fine.
(3) A master who fails to comply with regulation 6(4) is guilty of an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.
(4) Any document required or authorised by virtue of any statutory provision to be served on a foreign company for the purposes of the institution of (or otherwise in connection with the institution of) proceedings for an offence under regulation 4 against the company as shipowner is to be treated as served on the company if the document is served on the master of the ship.
(5) In this regulation “foreign company” means a company or body which is not one to which section 1139 of the Companies Act 2006(1) applies so as to authorise the service of the document in question.