Section 57F

The Secretary of State may specify ships within the meaning of section 7 of the Act for any of the following purposes— regulation 46AA (provision of services relating to specified ships), regulation 46AB (procurement of services relating to specified ships), regulation 57ZA (prohibition on chartering or operating specified ships), regulation 57A (prohibition on port entry), regulation 57B (directions prohibiting port entry), regulation 57C (movement of ships), regulation 57D (detention of ships), ... regulation 57E (registration of ships in the United Kingdom). The Secretary of State must specify a ship by its International Maritime Organization number or, where it is not reasonably practicable to identify it by that number, by any other means that the Secretary of State considers appropriate. The Secretary of State may not specify a ship unless the Secretary of State— has reasonable grounds to suspect that the ship is, has been, or is likely to be, involved in a relevant activity, ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . For the purposes of this regulation, a ship is “involved in a relevant activity” if the ship is used for any activity whose object or effect is— to destabilise Ukraine or undermine or threaten the territorial integrity, sovereignty or independence of Ukraine, to obtain a benefit from or support the Government of Russia, or to contravene or circumvent, or to enable or facilitate the contravention or circumvention of, any provision of these Regulations. For the purposes of paragraph (4), an activity whose object or effect is to destabilise Ukraine or undermine or threaten the territorial integrity, sovereignty or independence of Ukraine, or to obtain a benefit from or support the Government of Russia, includes carrying— dual-use goods or military goods— from a place in Russia to a third country, from a third country to a place in Russia or non-government controlled Ukrainian territory, or from one third country to another third country for use in Russia or non-government controlled Ukrainian territory, oil and oil products that originated in Russia— from a place in Russia to a third country, or from one third country to another third country, liquefied natural gas that originated in Russia— from a place in Russia to a third country, or from one third country to another third country, coal and coal products that originated in Russia— from a place in Russia to a third country, or from one third country to another third country, any other goods or technology that could contribute to destabilising Ukraine or undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty or independence of Ukraine— from a place in Russia to a third country, from a third country to a place in Russia or non-government controlled Ukrainian territory, from one third country to another third country for use in Russia or non-government controlled Ukrainian territory, or from a place in non-government controlled Ukrainian territory to a place in Russia or a third country. For the purpose of paragraph (5), “carrying” includes any transfer of the goods or technology concerned between ships on which those goods or technology are being carried as mentioned in that paragraph. In this regulation— “dual-use goods”, “military goods” , “oil and oil products”, “liquefied natural gas” and “coal and coal products” have the same meaning as in Part 5 (Trade); “third country” means a country that is not the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man, Russia, or non-government controlled Ukrainian territory.

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