(1)The Commissioners may make regulations as to the carriage of goods coastwise—
(a)regulating the loading and unloading and the making waterborne for loading of the goods;
(b)requiring the keeping and production by the master of a coasting ship of such record of the cargo carried in that ship as may be prescribed by the regulations.
(2)If any person contravenes or fails to comply with any regulation made under this section, he shall be liable on summary conviction to a penalty of [F1level 3 on the standard scale] and any goods in respect of which the offence was committed shall be liable to forfeiture.
Textual Amendments
F1Words substituted by virtue of (E.W.) Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48, SIF 39:1), ss. 38, 46 and (S.) Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 (c. 21, SIF 39:1), ss. 289F, 289G and (N.I.) by S.I. 1984/703, (N.I. 3) arts. 5, 6