Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018

Revocation and review in relation to shipsU.K.

26Power to revoke specification of ship made under regulationsU.K.

(1)In this section and section 27—

  • a ship specification” means a specification of a ship made under a power contained in regulations under section 1 by virtue of section 14;

  • the Minister”, in relation to a ship specification, means the appropriate Minister who made that specification.

(2)A ship specification may at any time be revoked by the Minister.

(3)If at any time the Minister considers that the required conditions are not met in respect of a ship specification, the Minister must revoke the specification.

(4)In subsection (3) “the required conditions” means the conditions of the provision included in the regulations under section 14(6).

Commencement Information

I1S. 26 in force at 22.11.2018 by S.I. 2018/1213, reg. 2(a)

27Right to request revocation of specification of shipU.K.

(1)At any time while a ship specification has effect, any person affected by it may request the Minister to revoke the specification.

(2)But where a person has made a request under this section in respect of a specification, no further request may be made under this section by that person or any other person in respect of that specification unless the grounds on which the further request is made are or include that there is a significant matter which has not previously been considered by the Minister.

(3)On a request under this section the Minister must decide whether to revoke the specification or to take no action with respect to it (but see section 26(3)).

(4)In this section—

  • “the Minister”, and

  • “ship specification”,

have the meaning given by section 26(1).

Commencement Information

I2S. 27 in force at 22.11.2018 by S.I. 2018/1213, reg. 2(a)

F128Periodic review where ships are specifiedU.K.

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29UN-designated ship: right to request reviewU.K.

(1)This section applies where a provision of regulations under section 1 is made by virtue of section 7(6) or paragraph 15 of Schedule 1 in relation to ships designated by the Security Council or a subsidiary organ of the Security Council for any purposes of a UN Security Council Resolution (“the Resolution”).

(2)Any person affected by that provision may request the Secretary of State to use the Secretary of State's best endeavours to secure that a ship so designated ceases to be designated for any purposes of the Resolution.

(3)But where a person has made a request under this section in respect of the designation of a ship, no further request may be made under this section by that person or any other person in respect of that designation unless the grounds on which the further request is made are or include that there is a significant matter which has not previously been considered by the Secretary of State.

(4)On a request under this section the Secretary of State must decide whether or not to comply with the request.

Commencement Information

I3S. 29 in force at 22.11.2018 by S.I. 2018/1213, reg. 2(a)