Section 46AA

A person must not directly or indirectly provide, in relation to a specified ship— technical assistance; crew services; operating services; chartering services; brokering services; financial services or funds. A person must not directly or indirectly provide services relating to the acquisition, sale, transfer or supply of a specified ship. Paragraphs (1) and (2) are subject to Part 7 (Exceptions and licences). A person who contravenes a prohibition in paragraph (1) or (2) commits an offence, but— it is a defence for a person charged with the offence of contravening paragraph (1) to show that the person did not know and had no reasonable cause to suspect that the ship in relation to which the assistance, services or funds (as the case may be) were provided was a specified ship; it is a defence for a person charged with the offence of contravening paragraph (2) to show that the person did not know and had no reasonable cause to suspect that the ship in relation to whose acquisition, sale, transfer or supply the services were provided was a specified ship. In this regulation a “specified ship” means a ship specified by the Secretary of State under regulation 57F (specification of ships) for the purposes of this regulation.

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Source: legislation.gov.uk · retrieved 2026-08-30