60.—(1) A person must not provide classification services relating to —
(a)a specified ship,
(b)a ship registered in the DPRK, or
(c)a ship flying the flag of the DPRK.
(2) Paragraph (1) is subject to Part 9 (Exceptions and licences).
(3) A person who contravenes a prohibition in paragraph (1) commits an offence, but it is a defence for a person charged with that offence to show that the person did not know, and had no reasonable cause to suspect, that the ship was a specified ship, a ship registered in the DPRK or (as the case may be) a ship flying the flag of the DPRK.
(4) In this regulation—
“classification services” means any services supplied for or in connection with the classification or certification of a ship, including—
the production and application of classification rules or technical specification concerning the design, construction, equipment or maintenance of ships and shipboard management systems;
surveys and inspections in accordance with classification rules and procedures;
the assignment of a class notation;
the delivery, endorsement or renewal of certificates of compliance with classification rules or specifications;
“specified ship” means a ship specified by the Secretary of State under regulation 11(1) or (2).
Commencement Information
I1Reg. 60 not in force at made date, see reg. 1(2)
I2Reg. 60 in force at 31.12.2020 by S.I. 2019/627, reg. 7(2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)