Regulation 69 Exercise of maritime enforcement powersI1

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 22 to 25 (trade prohibitions relating to restricted goods and restricted technology);

(b)

a prohibition in any of regulations 30 to 33 (trade prohibitions relating to dual-use goods and dual-use technology);

(c)

a prohibition imposed by a condition of a trade licence in relation to a prohibition mentioned in sub-paragraph (a) or (b).

(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 regulation 71 (power to stop, search, board etc.) and regulation 72 (seizure power).

(5)

This regulation is subject to regulation 73 (restrictions on exercise of maritime enforcement powers).

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Reg. 69 in force at 29.4.2021 at 5.00 p.m., see reg. 1(3)