{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/democratic-peoples-republic-of-korea-sanctions-overseas-territories-order-2012/article-10K",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/democratic-peoples-republic-of-korea-sanctions-overseas-territories-order-2012/article-10K.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2012/3066",
  "legislation_title": "The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (Sanctions) (Overseas Territories) Order 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/democratic-peoples-republic-of-korea-sanctions-overseas-territories-order-2012",
  "path": "article/10K",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "10K",
  "heading": "Offences related to the leasing, chartering, insuring and registering of vessels and the provision of crew services",
  "text": "(1) A person “P” commits an offence if P leases or charters a vessel or aircraft, or provides crew services, with knowledge or reasonable cause to suspect that the lease, charter or provision of crew services is to—\n(a) North Korea;\n(b) a person listed in Annex XIII, XV, XVI or XVII to the Council Regulation;\n(c) a North Korean entity;\n(d) a person who has assisted in violating the provisions of United Nations Security Council resolutions referred to in Article 43(1)(a) of the Council Regulation; or\n(e) a person acting on behalf of or at the direction of—\n(i) a person referred to in subparagraph (a), (b), (c) or (d); or\n(ii) an entity owned or controlled by a person referred to in subparagraph (a), (b), (c) or (d).\n(2) A person (“P”) commits an offence if P owns, leases, charters, insures, operates, or provides vessel classification services or associated services to a vessel which P knows or has reasonable cause to suspect is flagged to North Korea.\n(3) A person (“P”) commits an offence if P registers or maintains on a register a vessel which P knows or has reasonable cause to suspect is owned, controlled or operated by North Korea or North Korean nationals.\n(4) A person (“P”) commits an offence if P registers or maintains on a register a vessel which P knows or has reasonable grounds to suspect has been de-registered by another State pursuant to paragraph 24 of United Nations Security Council resolution 2321 of 30th November 2016, paragraph 8 of United Nations Security Council resolution 2375 of 11th September 2017, or paragraph 12 of United Nations Security Council resolution 2397 of 22nd December 2017.\n(5) A person (“P”) commits an offence if P provides insurance or re-insurance services to a vessel that P knows, or has reasonable cause to suspect, is owned, controlled, or operated by North Korea.\n(6) A person (“P”) commits an offence if P provides insurance or re-insurance services to a vessel that P knows, or has reasonable cause to suspect, has been involved in activities, or the transport of items, prohibited by this Order or to a vessel that is listed in Annex XVIII of the Council Regulation.\n(7) A person (“P”) commits an offence if P provides vessel classification services to a vessel which P knows or has reasonable grounds to suspect has been involved in activities, or the transport of items, prohibited by this Order or to a vessel that is listed in Annex XVIII of the Council Regulation.\n(8) A person (“P”) commits an offence if P registers or maintains on a register a vessel which P knows or has reasonable grounds to suspect has been involved in activities, or the transport of items, prohibited by this Order or to a vessel that is listed in Annex XVIII to the Council Regulation.\n(9) This article is subject to articles 11 and 12.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Pt. 2A inserted (7.8.2013) by The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (Sanctions) (Overseas Territories) (Amendment) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/1718), arts. 1(2), 8"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Art. 10C-10K substituted for art. 10C-10F (10.6.2016) by The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (Sanctions) (Overseas Territories) (Amendment) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/630), arts. 1(1), 8"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Art. 10K(1) substituted (13.12.2017) by The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (Sanctions) (Overseas Territories) (Amendment) (No. 3) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/1108), arts. 1(1), 5(1)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Word in art. 10K(1)(d) substituted (22.5.2018) by The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (Sanctions) (Overseas Territories) (Amendment) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/524), arts. 1(1), 5(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Word in art. 10K(2) inserted (13.12.2017) by The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (Sanctions) (Overseas Territories) (Amendment) (No. 3) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/1108), arts. 1(1), 5(1)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Art. 10K(3)-(6) substituted for art. 10K(3)-(5) (13.12.2017) by The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (Sanctions) (Overseas Territories) (Amendment) (No. 3) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/1108), arts. 1(1), 5(1)(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Art. 10K(4)-(9) substituted for art. 10K(4)-(6) (22.5.2018) by The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (Sanctions) (Overseas Territories) (Amendment) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/524), arts. 1(1), 5(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "Art. 10K heading substituted (5.4.2017) by The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (Sanctions) (Overseas Territories) (Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/320), arts. 1(1), 8(a)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/3066/article/10K",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:10:57.929498+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}