The Merchant Shipping (Health and Safety: General Duties) (Amendment) Regulations 1988
These Regulations amend the penalties in the Merchant Shipping (Health and Safety: General Duties) Regulations 1984. They provide that offences by an employer of contravening his general duty to ensure, so far as practicable, the health and safety of his employees may also be tried on indictment and punished by a fine or up to two years imprisonment (as an alternative to being triable summarily).