Exercise of maritime enforcement powersU.K.
89.—(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 22 to 26 (trade sanctions relating to military goods and military technology);
(b)a prohibition in any of regulations 32 to 35 (trade sanctions relating to dual-use goods and dual-use technology);
(c)a prohibition in any of regulations 40 to 42 (trade sanctions relating to energy-related goods);
(d)a prohibition in any of regulation 47 to 50 (exports and imports etc.. in relation to Crimea);
(e)a prohibition imposed by a condition of a trade licence in relation to a prohibition mentioned in sub-paragraph (a) to (d).
(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 91 and 92.
(5) This regulation is subject to regulation 93 (restrictions on exercise of maritime enforcement powers).
Commencement Information
I1Reg. 89 in force at 31.12.2020 on IP completion day (in accordance with 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)), see reg. 1(2)