Regulation 48 Exercise of maritime enforcement powersI1 I2

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)

the prohibition in regulation 15(1) (export of military goods);

(b)

the prohibition in regulation 16(1) (supply and delivery of military goods);

(c)

the prohibition in regulation 17(1) (making military goods and military technology available); or

(d)

the prohibition in regulation 18(1) (transfer of military technology).

(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 50 and 51.

(5)

This regulation is subject to regulation 52 (restrictions on exercise of maritime enforcement powers).

Annotations

I1: Reg. 48 not in force at made date, see reg. 1(2)
I2: Reg. 48 in force at 31.12.2020 on IP completion day by S.I. 2019/627, reg. 9(2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)