Merchant Shipping (Certification of Seamen) Act, 1979
| Going to sea without certificate of competency. | 6.—Where— | |
| (a) a person who is required by or under this Act to hold a valid certificate of competency under this Act goes to sea on a ship to which this Act applies, | ||
| (b) there is not then in force an order under section 4 of this Act relating to the class of ship to which the ship belongs, and | ||
| (c) the person is not the holder of a valid certificate of competency under this Act, | ||
| the person shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £250. | 
