{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/iran-sanctions-regulations-2023/regulation-45A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/iran-sanctions-regulations-2023/regulation-45A.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2023/1314",
  "legislation_title": "The Iran (Sanctions) Regulations 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/iran-sanctions-regulations-2023",
  "path": "regulation/45A",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "45A",
  "heading": "Prohibition on chartering or operating specified ships",
  "text": "(1) A person must not charter a specified ship, if the person knows or has reasonable cause to suspect, that the ship is a specified ship.\n(2) A person must not operate a specified ship, if the person knows, or has reasonable cause to suspect, that the ship is a specified ship.\n(3) Paragraphs (1) and (2) are subject to Part 8 (Exceptions and licences) (see in particular, regulation 56C (ships: exceptions from prohibitions)).\n(4) A person who contravenes a prohibition in paragraph (1) or (2) commits an offence.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Reg. 45A inserted (29.9.2026) by The Iran (Sanctions) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/983), regs. 1(2), 19"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2023/1314/regulation/45A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:37:37.715143+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}