Hong Kong Regulations

MERCHANT SHIPPING (SEAFARERS) (HEALTH AND SAFETY: GENERAL DUTIES) REGULATION - SECT 8

Penalties

(1) Any employer who contravenes section 4 or 6 commits an offence and is
liable on conviction to a fine at level 3.

(2) Any seafarer who contravenes section 5 commits an offence and is liable on
conviction to a fine at level 1.

(3) Any person who contravenes section 7 commits an offence and is liable on
conviction to a fine at level 2.

(4) It shall be a defence for a person charged under subsection (1) or (2) to
show that he took all reasonable precautions and exercised all due diligence
to avoid the commission of the offence. (Enacted 1995)