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Regulation 59 Crew services for ships and aircraftI1I2

United Kingdom

(1)

A person must not provide crew services to—

(a)

a designated person,

(b)

a person acting on behalf of or at the direction of a designated person,

(c)

a person, other than an individual, which is owned or controlled directly or indirectly (within the meaning of regulation 7) by a designated person, or

(d)

a person connected with the DPRK.

(2)

A person must not procure crew services from a person connected with the DPRK.

(3)

Paragraphs (1) and (2) are subject to Part 9 (Exceptions and licences).

(4)

A person who contravenes a prohibition in paragraph (1) or (2) commits an offence, but—

(a)

it is a defence for a person charged with the offence of contravening paragraph (1)(a) (“P”) to show that P did not know and had no reasonable cause to suspect that the person was a designated person;

(b)

it is a defence for a person charged with the offence of contravening paragraph (1)(b) (“P”) to show that P did not know and had no reasonable cause to suspect that the person was acting on behalf of or at the direction of a designated person;

(c)

it is a defence for a person charged with the offence of contravening paragraph (1)(c) (“P”) to show that P did not know and had no reasonable cause to suspect that the person was owned or controlled by a designated person;

(d)

it is a defence for a person charged with the offence of contravening F1paragraph (1)(d) or (2) (“P”) to show that P did not know and had no reasonable cause to suspect that the person was connected with the DPRK.

(5)

In this regulation “crew services” means services associated with the manning of a ship or aircraft or the provision of a crew or members of a crew for a ship or aircraft.

(6)

In this regulation a “designated person” means—

(a)

a person who is designated under regulation 5 for the purposes of regulation 58 (leasing or chartering of ships and aircraft) and this regulation, or

(b)

a person who is a designated person for the purposes of regulation 58 and this regulation by reason of regulation 10.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Words in reg. 59(4)(d) substituted (31.12.2020 immediately after IP completion day) by The Sanctions (EU Exit) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/591), regs. 1(2), 2(6); S.I. 2020/1514, reg. 5

Commencement

I1

Reg. 59 not in force at made date, see reg. 1(2)

I2

Reg. 59 in force at 31.12.2020 by S.I. 2019/627, reg. 7(2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)