The Merchant Shipping (Returns of Births and Deaths) Regulations 1979

UK Statutory Instrument 1979 No. 1577 — creates 2 criminal offences.

2offences created

0recorded in force

0revoked

Made: 3 December 1979
In force from: 1 January 1980
Extent: Not stated
Subject: Transport: maritime, aviation, rail and harbours
Made under: Merchant Shipping Act 1970, Part VI of Schedule 6 to, the Merchant Shipping Act 1979

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations) — published with the instrument by the department that made it. © Crown copyright, reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

These Regulations revoke and re-enact the provisions of the Merchant Shipping (Returns of Births and Deaths) Regulations 1972 and, in addition— 1 where a master is unable to perform the duty imposed on him by regulation 3 because he has himself died or is incapacitated or missing, and the death in question has been established as mentioned in regulation 7, the Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen (“the RGSS”) is required to record the information specified in Schedule 2 about the death (regulation 7); 2 where an inquest has been held, or there has been a post-mortem examination (or a preliminary investigation) and the coroner is satisfied that an inquest is unnecessary, and it appears to the coroner that the death occurred in a UK registered ship or in an unregistered British ship or, if outside the United Kingdom, was of a person employed in such a ship, the coroner is required to send the particulars specified in Schedule 3 to the RGSS (regulation 8); 3 a certified copy of the above-mentioned record or return has then to be sent by the RGSS to the appropriate Registrar General specified in regulation 11 (regulation 9); 4 the maximum penalty which can be imposed on any master who fails to make any return of birth or death required by the Regulations is increased to £50 (regulation 13(2)).

Offences created by this instrument

The master of a ship who fails to comply with any provision of regulation 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6 or of regulation 2, 3, 5 or… regulation 13(1) · Status not determined · Strict liability
Any offence under these Regulations shall be punishable on summary conviction with a fine not exceeding £50 regulation 13(2) · Status not determined · Strict liability

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