Penalties

(1) Any company which contravenes regulations 4(2)(4), 5(1) or (3), 9(1),(2),(8),(10) or 14 shall be guilty of an offence punishable on summary conviction by a fine not exceeding fifty thousand dollars. (2) Any master who contravenes regulations 4(6), 5(2), 7(2), 11(1) or (2), 12, 13 or 14 shall be guilty of an offence punishable Merchant Ships (Registration) 231 on summary conviction by a fine not exceeding fifty thousand dollars. (3) Any member of the crew who contravenes regulation 4(6) shall be guilty of an offence, and punishable on summary conviction by a fine not exceeding $500.00. (4) Any chief engineer who contravenes regulation 11 (3) shall be guilty of an offence and punishable on summary conviction by a fine not exceeding $2500.00. (5) Any company which contravenes regulation 7(1) shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000.00. (6) Any employer who contravenes regulation 7(1) shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000.00. (7) Any master who contravenes regulation 8, 9(9) or (10) shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000.00. (8) Any seaman who contravenes regulation 8 shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding $500.00. (9) It shall be a defence for a person charged with an offence under these Regulations to prove that he took all reasonable steps to avoid commission of the offence. (10) In any proceedings for an offence under these Regulations consisting of a failure to comply with a duty or requirement to do something so far as is reasonably practicable, it shall be for the accused to prove that it was not reasonably practicable to do more than what was in fact done to satisfy the duty or requirement. Merchant Ships (Registration) 232