Criminal offenses committed on the water transport in the Draft of the new Criminal Code of Ukraine

Abstract

The article analyses the Draft of the new Criminal Code of Ukraine in terms of establishing criminal liability for offences against the water transport traffic and operation safety. Criminal offences against the water transport traffic and operation safety, which are currently provided for in the existing Criminal Code of Ukraine, have generally found their place, but have not only been revised, but also differentiated depending on the extent of the damage caused. At the same time, liability for certain acts provided for by the current criminal legislation is established in the Draft Criminal Code of Ukraine in accordance with the rules on the waiver of compound offences and special provisions. The relevant criminal offences are contained in Book 7 «Criminal offences against society», in Section 7.4 «Criminal offences against traffic and transport operation safety». These include: 1) crimes – creating a flight or navigation hazard; dangerous actions on board; failure to provide help to persons in distress at sea or victims of a shipwreck; 2) minor offences – captain’s failure to report information about the vessel in case of collision with another vessel; dangerous driving; traffic control or driving a vehicle in a state of intoxication; admission to driving a vehicle of a person who does not have the right to drive it; blocking traffic.