Surfers, bodyboarders, windsurfers and kitesurfers of the United Kingdom may be jailed and fined up to £50,000 if they cause accidents at sea.
The proposal is being discussed by the Department for Transport (DfT) under the Merchant Shipping Act and it was unveiled after a jet skier avoided prision in a severe accident that caused head injuries in a man.
The jet skier was jailed for six months, but the sentence changed as it was ruled that a jet ski is not technically a ship…Â Details
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