Merchant Shipping Act 1992

False declaration of survey or certificate.

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11. — (1) A person shall not knowingly and wilfully make or assist in making, or procure the making of, a false or fraudulent declaration of survey or certificate or a fraudulent alteration of a declaration of survey or certificate.

(2) A person who contravenes subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable—

(a) on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding F13[€5,000] or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both, or

(b) on conviction on indictment, to a fine not exceeding F13[€100,000] or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or to both.

Annotations:

Amendments:

F13

Substituted (29.07.2005) by Maritime Safety Act 2005 (11/2005), s. 50(e)(i), (ii), commenced as per s. 1(10). A fine of €5,000 translates into a class A fine not exceeding €5,000 as provided (4.01.2011) by Fines Act 2010 (8/2010), ss. 3, 4(3) and table ref. no. 1, S.I. No. 662 of 2010.

Editorial Notes:

E13

Previous affecting provision: application of subs. (1) modified (29.06.2011) by European Communities (Passenger Ships) Regulations 2011 (S.I. No. 322 of 2011), reg. 10(1); revoked (21.12.2019) by European Union (Passenger Ships) Regulations 2019 (S.I. No. 676 of 2019), reg. 25, in effect as per reg. 1(2), subject to transitional provision in reg. 26.

E14

Previous affecting provision: application of section modified (16.11.2004) by European Communities (Passenger Ships) Regulations 2004 (S.I. No. 716 of 2004), reg. 10(1); revoked (29.06.2011) by European Communities (Passenger Ships) Regulations 2011 (S.I. No. 322 of 2011), reg. 15, in effect as per reg. 1(2).

E15

Previous affecting provision: application of section modified (13.08.2002) by European Communities (Passenger Ships) Regulations 2002 (S.I. No. 419 of 2002), reg. 8(1); revoked (16.11.2004) by European Communities (Passenger Ships) Regulations 2004 (S.I. No. 716 of 2004), reg. 14.