# The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019, Regulation 69: Ownership etc. of DPRK ships

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

(1) A person must not own, control, charter or operate a DPRK ship.
(2) Paragraph (1) is subject to Part 9 (Exceptions and licences).
(3) 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—
(a) the ship was not a DPRK ship at the time that the person first owned, controlled, chartered or operated it, and
(b) 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.
(4) In this regulation, a “DPRK ship” means—
(a) a ship registered in the DPRK, or
(b) a ship flying the flag of the DPRK.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2019/411/regulation/69 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/democratic-peoples-republic-of-korea-sanctions-eu-exit-regulations-2019/regulation-69
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.