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MCA enforcement policy statement

Information about the MCA Regulatory Compliance Investigations Team, its operational procedures and action it can take for maritime legislation offences.

• From: Maritime and Coastguard Agency
• Published: 1 May 2014
• Last updated: 16 November 2021 — See all updates

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MCA Enforcement Policy Statement

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The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) is an executive agency of the Department for Transport and the statutory authority for enforcing merchant shipping legislation.

The enforcement action it can take is varied. Any sanction it carries out reflects the seriousness of the legislative breach.

This document is MCA’s policy statement and it describes:

• background to the policy
• enforcement unit and working procedures
• types of offence
• administrative sanctions for ships and individuals

Published 1 May 2014
Last updated 16 November 2021 + show all updates

1. 16 November 2021

   Amended section 2 of the enforcement policy

2. 15 September 2020

   Updated enforcement policy with new department name.

3. 1 May 2014

   First published.