The Iran (Sanctions) (Nuclear) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

Services in relation to certain ships and aircraftU.K.

This section has no associated Explanatory Memorandum

33.—(1) A person must not provide—

(a)bunkering or ship supply services in relation to a ship owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by a person connected with Iran, where the ship is carrying relevant restricted items;

(b)engineering or maintenance services in relation to a cargo aircraft owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by a person connected with Iran, where the aircraft is carrying relevant restricted items.

(2) Paragraph (1) is subject to Part 6 (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—

(a)that the ship or aircraft in question was owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by a person connected with Iran; or

(b)that the ship or aircraft in question was carrying relevant restricted items.

(4) In this regulation—

“bunkering or ship supply services” includes—

(a)

the supply of goods for use in a ship including fuel and spare parts, whether or not for immediate use, and

(b)

any other servicing of a ship;

“relevant restricted items” means any military goods, military technology, missile-list goods or missile-list technology which have been, or are being, dealt with in contravention of a prohibition—

(a)

in any of regulations 21 to 24 (trade prohibitions relating to restricted goods and restricted technology),

(b)

in any of regulations 28 to 31 (import, supply, transfer etc of goods and technology from Iran), or

(c)

imposed by a condition of a trade licence in relation to a prohibition mentioned in paragraph (i) or (ii);

“ship” and “aircraft” have the meanings given in paragraph 37 of Schedule 1 to the Act.

Commencement Information

I1Reg. 33 not in force at made date, see reg. 1(2)