Merchant Shipping Act 1979

9 In paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section 680 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1894 (under which, except in certain cases, an offence under that Act, which is declared to be a misdemeanour is punishable on conviction on indictment by a fine or by imprisonment not exceeding two years or on summary conviction with imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or with a fine not exceeding £1,000 in some cases and £100 in others)—

(a) for the words " or by imprisonment" there shall be substituted the words " and by imprisonment ";

(b) for the words from " or with a fine " onwards there shall be substituted the words " and with a fine not exceeding one thousand pounds ";

and in paragraph (b) of that subsection (under which an offence under that Act which is punishable by a fine not exceeding £100 can only be prosecuted summarily except in certain cases) for the words " one hundred pounds " there shall be substituted the words " one thousand pounds ".