Power to detain
8. In any case where a ship does not comply with the requirements of these Regulations the ship shall be liable to be detained and section 284 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 (which relates to the detention of a ship) shall have effect in relation to the ship, subject to the modification that as if for the words “this Act”, wherever they appear, there were substituted the words “the Merchant Shipping (Carriage of Nautical Publications) Regulations 1998”.
Section 284 was amended by the Merchant Shipping and Maritime Security Act 1997, Schedule 1.