# The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019, Regulation 119: Exercise of maritime enforcement powers

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) A maritime enforcement officer may, for a purpose mentioned in paragraph (2) or (3), exercise any of the maritime enforcement powers in relation to—
(a) a British ship in foreign waters or international waters,
(b) a ship without nationality in international waters, or
(c) a foreign ship in international waters,
and a ship within sub-paragraph (a), (b) or (c) is referred to in this Part as “a relevant ship”.
(2) The maritime enforcement powers may be exercised for the purpose of enforcing any of the following—
(a) a prohibition in any of regulations 35 to 39 (trade sanctions relating to restricted goods and restricted technology) ...;
(b) a prohibition in any of regulations 43 to 52 (trade sanctions relating to goods and technology other than restricted goods and technology) , except for the prohibitions in regulation 50(3) (acquisition or transfer of fishing rights);
(c) a prohibition imposed by a condition of a trade licence in relation to a prohibition mentioned in sub-paragraph (a) or (b).
(3) The maritime enforcement powers may also be exercised in relation to a relevant ship for the purpose of—
(a) investigating the suspected carriage of relevant goods on the ship, or
(b) preventing the continued carriage on the ship of goods suspected to be relevant goods.
(4) In this Part, “the maritime enforcement powers” are the powers conferred by regulations 121 and 122.
(5) This regulation is subject to regulation 123 (restrictions on exercise of maritime enforcement powers).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2019/411/regulation/119 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/democratic-peoples-republic-of-korea-sanctions-eu-exit-regulations-2019/regulation-119
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.