Exercise of maritime enforcement powersU.K.
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51.—(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 19(1) (export of military goods);
(b)the prohibition in regulation 20(1) (supply and delivery of military goods);
(c)a prohibition in regulation 21(1) (making military goods and military technology available);
(d)a prohibition in regulation 22(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 53 and 54.
(5) This regulation is subject to regulation 55 (restrictions on exercise of maritime enforcement powers).