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Version status: In force | Document consolidation status: Updated to reflect all known changes
Version date: 5 July 2022 - onwards

Regulation 29I Detention of ships

(1) A detention direction may be given to the master of a ship referred to in paragraph (3) by -

(a) the Secretary of State, or

(b) a harbour authority.

(2) A detention direction under paragraph (1)(b) may only be given by a harbour authority to the master of a specified ship if it has received a direction from the Secretary of State in accordance with paragraph (3)(d).

(3) The Secretary of State may direct a harbour authority to give a detention direction to the master of -

(a) a ship owned, controlled, chartered or operated by a designated person,

(b) a ship owned, controlled, chartered or operated by a person connected with Belarus,

(c) a ship registered in Belarus,

(d) a ship flying the flag of Belarus, or

(e) a specified ship.

(4) A "detention direction" means a direction requiring the detention of a ship at a port or anchorage in the United Kingdom.