The Merchant Shipping and Fishing Vessels (Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment) Regulations 2006

Penalties

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18.—(1) Any contravention of regulations 6 to 12 or, except in the case of a worker regulation 16, shall be an offence punishable on summary conviction by a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum or on conviction on indictment, by imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or a fine or both.

(2) Any contravention of regulation 13, 14(2), (4) or (5) or 15 shall be an offence punishable on summary conviction by a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale.

(3) Any contravention of regulation 14(1) or (3) shall be an offence punishable on summary conviction by a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.

(4) Any contravention by a worker of regulation 16(1), (5) or 17 shall be an offence punishable on summary conviction by a fine not exceeding level 2 on the standard scale.