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Regulation 65 Exercise of maritime enforcement powersI1I2

United Kingdom

(1)

A maritime enforcement officer may, for a purpose mentioned in paragraph (2) or (3), exercise any of the maritime enforcement powers in relation to—

(a)

a British ship in foreign waters or international waters,

(b)

a ship without nationality in international waters, or

(c)

a foreign ship in international waters,

and a ship within sub-paragraph (a), (b) or (c) is referred to in this Part as “a relevant ship”.

(2)

The maritime enforcement powers may be exercised for the purpose of enforcing any of the following—

(a)

a prohibition in any of regulations 21 to 24 (trade prohibitions relating to restricted goods and restricted technology);

F1(aa)

a prohibition in any of regulations 27A to 27C (export, supply and delivery and making available gold, precious metals and diamonds);

(ab)

a prohibition in any of regulations 27H to 27K (export, supply and delivery, making available and transfer of energy-related goods or technology);

(ac)

a prohibition in any of regulations 27P to 27S (export, supply and delivery, making available and transfer of sectoral software goods or sectoral software and technology);

(b)

a prohibition in any of regulations 28 to 31 (import, supply, transfer etc of goods and technology from Iran);

F2(ba)

a prohibition in any of regulations 31D to 31F (import, acquisition, supply etc. of gold, precious metals and diamonds);

(bb)

a prohibition in any of regulations 31J to 31L (import, acquisition, supply etc. of oil and petroleum products);

(bc)

a prohibition in any of regulations 31P to 31R (import, acquisition, supply etc. of petrochemicals);

(bd)

a prohibition in any of regulations 31V to 31X (import, acquisition, supply etc. of natural gas);

(be)

a prohibition in regulations 33A (banknotes and coinage) or 33B (making available certain vessels);

(c)

a prohibition imposed by a condition of a trade licence in relation to a prohibition mentioned in F3any of sub-paragraphs (a) to (be).

(3)

The maritime enforcement powers may also be exercised in relation to a relevant ship for the purpose of—

(a)

investigating the suspected carriage of relevant goods on the ship, or

(b)

preventing the continued carriage on the ship of goods suspected to be relevant goods.

(4)

In this Part, “the maritime enforcement powers” are the powers conferred by regulations 67 and 68.

(5)

This regulation is subject to regulation 69 (restrictions on exercise of maritime enforcement powers).

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Reg. 65(2)(aa)-(ac) inserted (29.9.2026) by The Iran (Sanctions) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/983), regs. 1(2), 12(a)

F2

Reg. 65(2)(ba)-(be) inserted (29.9.2026) by The Iran (Sanctions) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/983), regs. 1(2), 12(b)

F3

Words in reg. 65(2)(c) substituted (29.9.2026) by The Iran (Sanctions) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/983), regs. 1(2), 12(c)

Commencement

I1

Reg. 65 not in force at made date, see reg. 1(2)

I2

Reg. 65 in force at 31.12.2020 by S.I. 2019/627, reg. 8(2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)