(1) The Registrar must refuse to register a ship if, on the basis of the information given to the Registrar by the Secretary of State or accompanying the application for registration, the ship appears to the Registrar to be owned, controlled, chartered or operated by -

(a) a designated person; or

(b) a person connected with Belarus.

(2) The Secretary of State may direct the Registrar to terminate the registration of -

(a) a ship that is owned, controlled, chartered or operated by;

(i) a designated person;

(ii) a person connected with Belarus; or

(b) a specified ship.

(3) For the purposes of this regulation -

(a) any reference to registering a ship is to registering the ship in the register of British ships maintained by the Registrar;