# The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (Sanctions) (Overseas Territories) Order 2012, Article 10K: Offences related to the leasing, chartering, insuring and registering of vessels and the provision of crew services


(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—
(a) North Korea;
(b) a person listed in Annex XIII, XV, XVI or XVII to the Council Regulation;
(c) a North Korean entity;
(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
(e) a person acting on behalf of or at the direction of—
(i) a person referred to in subparagraph (a), (b), (c) or (d); or
(ii) an entity owned or controlled by a person referred to in subparagraph (a), (b), (c) or (d).
(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.
(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.
(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.
(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.
(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.
(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.
(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.
(9) This article is subject to articles 11 and 12.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/3066/article/10K (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/democratic-peoples-republic-of-korea-sanctions-overseas-territories-order-2012/article-10K
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