Section 46AA(4)

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.

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