PenaltiesU.K.
28.—(1) If a person nominated under regulation 17(9)(a) of these Regulations contravenes any provision of these Regulations imposing a duty on him, he shall be guilty of an offence punishable on summary conviction by a fine of an amount not exceeding level 2 on the standard scale; and if any person, being the owner or skipper of the fishing vessel, permits such a contravention, he shall be guilty of an offence punishable on summary conviction by a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum and on conviction on indictment by imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years and a fine.
(2) If these Regulations are contravened in any other respect in relation to any fishing vessel, the owner and skipper of the fishing vessel shall each be guilty of an offence punishable on summary conviction by a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum and on conviction on indictment by imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years and a fine.