Transport: maritime, aviation, rail and harbours

1,924 criminal offences created by 552 statutory instruments.

This subject is one this project added. The catalogue it extends drew its subjects from where strict liability is discussed — road traffic, food, health and safety — while the offences secondary legislation actually creates cluster elsewhere. Forcing them into “miscellaneous” would have hidden that.

The instruments that create most of them

• The Merchant Shipping (Maritime Labour Convention) (Minimum Requirements for Seafarers… 36 offences
• The Channel Tunnel (Security) Order 1994 22 offences
• The Aviation Security and Piracy (Overseas Territories) Order 2000 20 offences
• The Merchant Shipping (Safety of Navigation) Regulations 2002 (revoked) 19 offences
• The Merchant Shipping (Carriage of Cargoes) Regulations 1999 16 offences
• The Portland Harbour Revision Order 1997 16 offences
• The Dee Estuary Conservancy Harbour Revision (No. 2) Order 2023 15 offences
• The Dee Estuary Conservancy Harbour Revision Order 2023 (revoked) 15 offences
• The Merchant Shipping Act 1988 (Bermuda) Order 1991 14 offences
• The Merchant Shipping (Carriage of Cargoes) Regulations 1997 13 offences
• The Merchant Shipping (Repatriation) Regulations 1979 13 offences
• The Airports (Northern Ireland) Order 1994 13 offences
• The Comhairle nan Eilean Siar (Ardveenish) Harbour Revision Order 2000 12 offences
• The Merchant Shipping (Work in Fishing Convention) Regulations 2018 11 offences
• The Folkestone Harbour Revision Order 2017 11 offences
• The Merchant Shipping (Passengers’ Rights) Regulations 2013 11 offences
• The Caledonian Maritime Assets (East Loch Tarbert) Harbour Revision Order 2019 11 offences
• The Caledonian Maritime Assets (Brodick) Harbour Revision Order 2015 11 offences
• The Cornwall Harbours Harbour Revision Order 2023 10 offences
• The Merchant Shipping (Maritime Labour Convention) (Compulsory Financial Security)… 10 offences
• The Poole Harbour Revision Order 2012 10 offences
• The Merchant Shipping Act 1988 (Bermuda) Order 1989 10 offences
• The Merchant Shipping Act 1988 (Cayman Islands) Order 1988 10 offences
• The Merchant Shipping (Weighing of Goods Vehicles and other Cargo) Regulations 1988 10 offences

Offences

• Assisting patients to absent themselves without leave article 124(2) · In force · Requires proof of a state of mind
• Failure to comply with general directions article 16(1) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• Bunkering article 24(5) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• Repair of landing places, etc article 27(3) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• Repair of landing places, etc article 27(3)(a) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• Restriction of works and dredging article 28(5) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• Control of certain operations and works of statutory undertakers article 29(5) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• The master of a ship commits an offence if that master fails to comply with a requirement of a detention notice in… regulation 27(2) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• A person commits an offence if that person obstructs an inspector or a person assisting the inspector regulation 27(3) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• A pilot commits an offence if that pilot contravenes regulation 23(3) (requirement to report any anomalies) regulation 27(4) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• A port authority commits an offence if that port authority contravenes regulation 23(4) (pilot authorisation authority… regulation 27(5) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• a paragraph (1)(a), (b), (4) or (5), is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard… regulation 27(6)(a) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• b paragraph (3), is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale regulation 27(6)(b) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• A person commits an offence if— a being a person mentioned in regulation 6(2), (3)(a) or (b), they fail without… regulation 24(1) · Status not determined · Objective fault
• A person who fails without reasonable excuse to comply with any requirement, duty or prohibition in regulation 10(1),… regulation 24(2) · Status not determined · Mixed — some elements strict, some not
• A person who without reasonable excuse discloses or permits to be disclosed— a any information, documents or records… regulation 24(3) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• A person who fails without reasonable excuse to comply with a requirement imposed on that person under regulation… regulation 24(4) · Status not determined · Mixed — some elements strict, some not
• A person in breach of a requirement in regulation 6(1) or (3) is guilty of an offence in respect of each case of… regulation 7(2) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• Provision against danger to navigation article 13(2) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• Lights on tidal works during construction article 15(2) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• Obstruction of works article 9 · Status not determined · Requires proof of a state of mind
• Failure to comply with directions article 25(1) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• A person commits an offence if they— a intentionally obstruct any person acting under the authority of the Council in… article 39(1) · Status not determined · Requires proof of a state of mind
• Bunkering article 40(5) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• Repair of landing places, etc article 43(3) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• Repair of landing places, etc article 43(3)(a) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• Any contravention of— a regulation 9(2) (compliance with Part III of the IP Code by cargo ships and high speed cargo… regulation 13(1) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• Contravention of The Merchant Shipping (Safety Measures for Ships Carrying Industrial Personnel and Special Personnel)… the instrument as a whole · Status not determined · Strict liability
• Contravention of the UK Implementing Regulation - UAS operator regulation 2(2) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• Contravention of the UK Implementing Regulation - UAS operator regulation 2(3) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• Contravention of the UK Implementing Regulation - remote pilot regulation 3(2) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• Contravention of the UK Implementing Regulation - remote pilot regulation 3(3) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• Registration of certified unmanned aircraft regulation 4(2) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• It is an offence for a person— a to affix a United Kingdom conformity mark to equipment which has not been granted… regulation 24(2) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• Any contravention of— a regulation 8(8) (recording of alternative design and arrangements); b regulation 10(2)(a)(i)… regulation 13(1) · Status not determined · Objective fault
• Any contravention of— a regulation 10(2)(k) (voyage planning under chapter 11 of part 1-A of the Polar Code); or b… regulation 13(2) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• Any contravention of— a regulation 12(2)(a) (requirement to operate a ship in compliance with the Polar Water… regulation 13(3) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• Contravention of The Merchant Shipping (Polar Code) (Safety) Regulations 2025 the instrument as a whole · Status not determined · Strict liability
• Repair of landing places, etc article 12(3) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• Repair of landing places, etc article 12(3)(a) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• Restriction of works and dredging article 13(5) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• Control of certain operations and works of statutory undertakers article 14(5) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• Obstruction of works article 18 · Status not determined · Requires proof of a state of mind
• Failure to comply with directions article 28(1) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• A person commits an offence if they— a intentionally obstruct any person acting under the authority of the Council in… article 45(1) · Status not determined · Requires proof of a state of mind
• Bunkering article 51(5) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• Any contravention of regulation 18 (prohibited acts in relation to certificates) is an offence by the person in question regulation 23(2) · Status not determined · Mixed — some elements strict, some not
• Failure to comply with directions article 7(1) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• A person is guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard… article 15(1) · Status not determined · Requires proof of a state of mind
• Failure to comply with directions article 8(1) · Status not determined · Strict liability