# The Iran (Sanctions) Regulations 2023, Regulation 43D: Procurement of services relating to specified ships


(1) A person must not directly or indirectly procure services relating to a specified ship.
(2) For the purposes of this regulation, services relating to a specified ship include, in particular, services involving the use of that specified ship.
(3) Paragraph (1) is subject to Part 8 (Exceptions and licences).
(4) A person who contravenes the prohibition in paragraph (1) commits an offence, but it is a defence for a person charged with the offence of contravening paragraph (1) (“P”) to show that P did not know and had no reasonable cause to suspect that the ship in relation to which the services were procured was a specified ship.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2023/1314/regulation/43D (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/iran-sanctions-regulations-2023/regulation-43D
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