(1) This regulation applies if a maritime enforcement officer has reasonable grounds to suspect that a relevant ship is carrying prohibited goods or relevant goods.
(2) The officer may -
(a) stop the ship;
(b) board the ship;
(c) for the purpose of exercising a power conferred by paragraph (3) or regulation 122, require the ship to be taken to, and remain in, a port or anchorage in the United Kingdom or any other country willing to receive it.
(3) Where the officer boards a ship by virtue of this regulation, the officer may -
(a) stop any person found on the ship and search that person for -
(i) prohibited goods or relevant goods, or
(ii) any thing that might be used to cause physical injury or damage to property or to endanger the safety of any ship;
(b) search the ship, or any thing found on the ship (including cargo) for prohibited goods or relevant goods.
(4) The officer may -
(a) require a person found on a ship boarded by virtue of this regulation to provide information or produc
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