Regulation 69 Ownership etc. of DPRK shipsI1I2
United Kingdom
A person must not own, control, charter or operate a DPRK ship.
Paragraph (1) is subject to Part 9 (Exceptions and licences).
A person who contravenes the prohibition in paragraph (1) commits an offence, but it is a defence for a person charged with that offence to show that—
the ship was not a DPRK ship at the time that the person first owned, controlled, chartered or operated it, and
as soon as possible after the ship became a DPRK ship, the person took all reasonably practicable steps to relinquish their interest in, or cease their use of, the ship.
In this regulation, a “DPRK ship” means—
a ship registered in the DPRK, or
a ship flying the flag of the DPRK.
Annotations
Commencement
- I1
Reg. 69 not in force at made date, see reg. 1(2)
- I2
Reg. 69 in force at 31.12.2020 by S.I. 2019/627, reg. 7(2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)