The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

Prohibition on port entry

71.—(1) A person must not provide a ship to which this paragraph applies with access to a port, if the person knows, or has reasonable cause to suspect, that the ship is a ship to which this paragraph applies.

(2) The master or pilot of a ship to which this paragraph applies must not cause or permit the ship to enter any port if the master or pilot knows, or has reasonable cause to suspect, that the ship is a ship to which this paragraph applies.

(3) Paragraphs (1) and (2) are subject to Part 9 (Exceptions and licences) (see, in particular, regulation 86).

(4) A person who contravenes a prohibition in paragraph (1) or (2) commits an offence.

(5) Paragraphs (1) and (2) apply to—

(a) a ship owned, controlled, chartered or operated by designated persons,

(b) a ship owned, controlled, chartered or operated by persons connected with the DPRK,

(c) a ship crewed by persons connected with the DPRK,

(d) a ship registered in the DPRK,

(e) a ship flying the flag of the DPRK, or

(f) a ship for the time being designated by the Security Council or the Committee as a ship in respect of which a UN Security Council Resolution provides for port entry to be prohibited.

(6) In paragraph (5) a “designated person” means—

(a) a person who is designated under regulation 5 for the purposes of this regulation and regulation 73 (movement of ships), or

(b) a person who is a designated person for the purposes of this regulation by reason of regulation 10.