Regulation 44B Ships: licensing offencesF1
(1)
A person (“P”) commits an offence if P knowingly or recklessly—
(a)
provides information that is false in a material respect, or
(b)
provides or produces a document that is not what it purports to be,
for the purpose of obtaining a ships licence (whether for P or anyone else).
(2)
A person who purports to act under the authority of a ships licence but who fails to comply with any condition of the ships licence commits an offence.
(3)
A licence in respect of which an offence under paragraph (1) has been committed is to be treated as void from the time at which it was issued.
Annotations
Textual amendments
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Regs. 44A, 44B inserted (29.9.2026) by The Iran (Sanctions) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/983), regs. 1(2), 9(h)