Exercise of maritime enforcement powersU.K.
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88.—(1) A maritime enforcement officer may, for a purpose mentioned in paragraph (2) or (3), exercise any of the maritime enforcement powers in relation to—
(a)a British ship in foreign waters or international waters,
(b)a ship without nationality in international waters, or
(c)a foreign ship in international waters,
and a ship within sub-paragraph (a), (b) or (c) is referred to in this Part as “a relevant ship”.
(2) The maritime enforcement powers may be exercised for the purpose of enforcing any of the following—
(a)a prohibition in any of regulations 29 to 32 (goods or technology prohibitions relating to export, supply, sale and transfer);
(b)a prohibition in any of regulations 36 to 39 (goods or technology prohibitions relating to import, purchase and transport and relating to the transfer of military technology);
(c)the prohibitions in regulation 41 (goods or technology prohibitions relating to bank notes or coinage);
(d)the prohibitions in regulation 42 (goods prohibitions relating to gold, precious metals or diamonds);
(e)the prohibitions in regulation 46 (luxury goods);
(f)the prohibitions in regulation 47(1) and (2) (goods prohibitions relating to electricity production);
(g)a prohibition imposed by a condition of a trade licence in relation to a prohibition mentioned in sub-paragraphs (a) to (f).
(3) The maritime enforcement powers may also be exercised in relation to a relevant ship for the purpose of—
(a)investigating the suspected carriage of relevant goods on the ship, or
(b)preventing the continued carriage on the ship of goods suspected to be relevant goods.
(4) In this Part, “the maritime enforcement powers” are the powers conferred by regulations 90 and 91.
(5) This regulation is subject to regulation 92 (restrictions on exercise of maritime enforcement powers).