[F1 SCHEDULE 3 U.K. Enforcement powers in respect of ships

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 3 inserted (17.12.2010) by The Iran (United Nations Sanctions) (Amendment) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/2978), arts. 1(1), 17

PART 1 U.K. THE POWERS

Power to stop, board, divert and detain U.K.

1.— (1) An authorised officer may stop and board the ship. U.K.

(2) If the authorised officer thinks it is necessary for the exercise of the authorised officer’s functions, the authorised officer may require the ship to be taken to a port or anchorage:

(a) in the United Kingdom, or

(b) in any other country or territory willing to receive it,

and detain it there.

(3) If the ship is stopped in waters landward of the baselines from which the territorial sea adjacent to the United Kingdom is measured or in the territorial sea adjacent to the United Kingdom, the authorised officer may require it to be taken to any place in those waters or that sea specified by the authorised officer.

(4) For any purpose mentioned in sub-paragraph (1) to (3), the authorised officer may require the master or any member of the crew to take such action as may be necessary.

(5) If a ship is detained by an authorised officer, that officer must serve on the master a notice in writing stating that it is to be detained until the notice is withdrawn by service on the master of a further notice in writing signed by an authorised officer.

(6) Sub-paragraph (5) does not apply if it is not reasonably practicable to serve the notice on the master.]