Regulation 46Z29B Maritime transportation of liquefied natural gas to and between third countriesF1

(1)

A person must not directly or indirectly, supply or deliver by ship, liquefied natural gas—

(a)

from a place in Russia to a third country, or

(b)

from one third country to another third country.

(2)

For the purposes of paragraph (1)—

(a)

“supply or deliver by ship” includes any transfer of the goods concerned between ships on which those goods are being supplied or delivered as specified in that paragraph;

(b)

a person supplying or delivering the goods concerned by ship includes a person who owns, controls, charters or operates a ship—

(i)

on which those goods are being carried, or

(ii)

from or to which those goods are being transferred.

(3)

For the purposes of paragraph (2)(b), whether a person—

(a)

owns a ship is to be determined in accordance with regulation 57I(1)(a);

(b)

controls a ship is to be determined in accordance with regulation 57I(1)(b).

(4)

Regulation 57I(2) does not apply for the purposes of paragraph (3)(b).

(5)

Paragraph (1) is subject to Part 7 (Exceptions and licences).

(6)

A person who contravenes a prohibition in paragraph (1) commits an offence, but it is a defence for a person charged with an offence of contravening that prohibition to show that the person did not know and had no reasonable cause to suspect that the supply or delivery related to liquefied natural gas—

(a)

which fell within commodity code 2711 11 00, or

(b)

which was consigned from or originated in Russia.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Pt. 5 Ch. 4LA inserted (20.5.2026) by The Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/543), regs. 1(2), 10

Notes on the whole SI

Textual amendments

F1: Regulations extended (British overseas territories) (with modifications) (31.12.2020 immediately after both S.I. 2020/590 and S.I. 2020/951 have come into force) by The Russia (Sanctions) (Overseas Territories) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/1571), arts. 1(1), 2, Schs. 1, 2 (as amended: (11.3.2021) by S.I. 2021/288, arts. 1(1), 2(2); (14.4.2022) by S.I. 2022/453, arts. 1(1), 3-38; (20.7.2022) by S.I. 2022/843, arts. 1(1), 3; (10.11.2022) by S.I. 2022/1167, arts. 1(1), 3-17; (15.12.2022) by S.I. 2022/1338, arts. 1(1), 3-10; (9.3.2023) by S.I. 2023/291, arts. 1(1), 3-9; (20.7.2023) by S.I. 2023/846, arts. 1(1), 3, 5-22; (30.9.2023) by S.I. 2023/846, arts. 1(2), 4; (14.3.2024) by S.I. 2024/370, arts. 1, 3-13; (3.10.2024) by S.I. 2024/987, arts. 1(1), 3-6; and (11.12.2025) by S.I. 2025/1307, art. 1(1), Sch. 15)