Penalties
8.—(1) If a vessel proceeds or attempts to proceed on any voyage, in contravention of regulation 6, then the owner and the skipper shall each be guilty of an offence, punishable only on summary conviction by a maximum fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.
(2) It shall be a defence for a person charged under these Regulations to show that he took all reasonable precautions to avoid the commission of the offence.