{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/iran-sanctions-regulations-2023/regulation-48",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/iran-sanctions-regulations-2023/regulation-48.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2023/1314",
  "legislation_title": "The Iran (Sanctions) Regulations 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/iran-sanctions-regulations-2023",
  "path": "regulation/48",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "48",
  "heading": "Movement of ships",
  "text": "(1) A port entry direction or a movement direction may be given by the Secretary of State to the master or pilot of—\n(a) a ship owned, controlled, chartered or operated by a designated person, or\n(b) a specified ship.\n(2) The Secretary of State may direct a harbour authority to take such steps as are reasonably practicable to secure that a ship mentioned in paragraph (1)—\n(a) proceeds to or enters a port specified in the direction,\n(b) leaves a port specified in the direction,\n(c) proceeds to a place specified in the direction, or\n(d) remains where it is.\n(3) It is an offence for a person to whom a direction is given under this regulation to fail to comply with the direction.\n(4) The Secretary of State may notify a person that the existence of a port entry direction or a movement direction, any part of the content of the direction, or anything done under the direction, is to be treated as confidential.\n(5) It is an offence for a person to disclose information if the Secretary of State has notified that person under paragraph (4) that the information is to be treated as confidential.\n(6) In this regulation—\na “designated person” means a person who is designated under regulation 5 for the purposes of the relevant regulations of this Part;\na “movement direction” means a direction requiring a ship—\n(a)to leave a port specified in the direction,\n(b)to proceed to a place specified in the direction, or\n(c)to remain where it is;\na “port entry direction” means a direction requiring a ship to proceed to or enter a port specified in the direction.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 48 in force at 14.12.2023, see reg. 1(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2023/1314/regulation/48",
    "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."
}