Regulation 61ZC Ships: exceptions from prohibition on operating specified shipsF1
A person does not contravene the prohibition in regulation 57ZA(2) (operating specified ships) by conduct in the United Kingdom or in the territorial sea where the person—
is not a United Kingdom person, and
the person’s presence in the United Kingdom or in the territorial sea arises directly from an exercise of either—
the right of innocent passage, or
the right of transit passage,
in accordance with the provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.
A person does not contravene the prohibition in regulation 57ZA(2) by conduct necessary to protect or avoid endangering—
the safety of any ship, or
the life of any person.
Annotations
Textual amendments
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Regs. 61ZB, 61ZC inserted (20.5.2026) by The Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/543), regs. 1(2), 19
Notes on the whole SI
Textual amendments
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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)