69.—(1) A person must not own, control, charter or operate a DPRK ship.
(2) Paragraph (1) is subject to Part 9 (Exceptions and licences).
(3) A person who contravenes the prohibition in paragraph (1) commits an offence, but it is a defence for a person charged with that offence to show that—
(a)the ship was not a DPRK ship at the time that the person first owned, controlled, chartered or operated it, and
(b)as soon as possible after the ship became a DPRK ship, the person took all reasonably practicable steps to relinquish their interest in, or cease their use of, the ship.
(4) In this regulation, a “DPRK ship” means—
(a)a ship registered in the DPRK, or
(b)a ship flying the flag of the DPRK.
Commencement Information
I1Reg. 69 not in force at made date, see reg. 1(2)
I2Reg. 69 in force at 31.12.2020 by S.I. 2019/627, reg. 7(2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
