# The Iran (Sanctions) (Amendment) Regulations 2026, Regulation 24: Exceptions from prohibitions relating to ships


After regulation 56A (trade: exceptions in relation to personal effects etc.), insert—
“Trade: exceptions from prohibitions on services provided or procured relating to specified ships
56B (1) The prohibitions specified in paragraph (2) are not contravened by conduct that is necessary to protect or avoid endangering—
(a) the safety of any ship, or
(b) the life of any person.
(2) Paragraph (1) applies to the prohibitions—
(a) in regulation 43C (provision of services relating to specified ships);
(b) in regulation 43D (procurement of services relating to specified ships).
Ships: exceptions from prohibition on operating specified ships
56C (1) A person does not contravene the prohibition in regulation 45A(2) (operating specified ships) by conduct in the United Kingdom or in the territorial sea where the person—
(a) is not a United Kingdom person, and
(b) the person’s presence in the United Kingdom or in the territorial sea arises directly from an exercise of either—
(i) the right of innocent passage, or
(ii) the right of transit passage,
in accordance with the provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.
(2) A person does not contravene the prohibition in regulation 45A(2) by conduct necessary to protect or avoid endangering—
(a) the safety of any ship, or
(b) the life of any person.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/983/regulation/24 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/iran-sanctions-amendment-regulations-2026/regulation-24
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