The Merchant Shipping (Control and Management of Ships’ Ballast Water and Sediments) Regulations 2022

Enforcement and application of fines

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49.  Section 146 of the 1995 Act (enforcement and application of fines) applies to any fine for an offence under regulation 44(1)(a) (offences) as if—

(a)in subsection (1) of that section the reference to proceedings against the owner or master of a ship for an offence under Chapter 2 were a reference to proceedings against the owner, manager, demise charterer or master for an offence under regulation 44(1)(a) (offences); and

(b)in subsection (2) of that section, the reference to an offence under section 131 (discharge of oil from ships into certain United Kingdom waters) were a reference to an offence under regulation 44(1)(a) (offences).