The Trade, Aircraft and Shipping Sanctions (Civil Enforcement) Regulations 2024

Reporting obligations: aircraft and shipping sanctions

16.—(1) A relevant person (“ RP”) must inform the Secretary of State as soon as practicable if—

(a) RP knows, or has reasonable cause to suspect, that a person (“P”) has breached a prohibition or failed to comply with an obligation under aircraft sanctions regulations or shipping sanctions regulations, and

(b) the information or other matter on which the knowledge or cause for suspicion is based came to RP in the course of—

(i) chartering an aircraft or ship by way of business,

(ii) carrying on business in connection with acting as an airport operator or a harbour authority, or

(iii) carrying on activities, whether paid or unpaid and whether for business or leisure, in connection with acting as—

(aa) a pilot in command,

(bb) an operator,

(cc) a master, or

(dd) a pilot.

(2) Where RP informs the Secretary of State under paragraph (1), RP must state—

(a) the information or other matter on which the knowledge or suspicion is based, and

(b) any information it holds about P by which P can be identified.

(3) An RP who fails to comply with a requirement in this regulation commits an offence.

(4) In this regulation—

“airport operator”, “operator” and “pilot in command” have the meaning given in section 6(10) (aircraft sanctions) of the Act;

“harbour authority”, “master” and “pilot” have the meaning given in section 7(14) (shipping sanctions) of the Act;

“relevant person” means—

(a)

a pilot in command (in relation to aircraft);

(b)

an operator (in relation to aircraft);

(c)

an airport operator;

(d)

a person that charters an aircraft or ship by way of business;

(e)

a master or pilot (in relation to a ship or fishing vessel, as the case may be);

(f)

a harbour authority.