8EMinister may specify vessels for cancellation of registration

8E Minister may specify vessels for cancellation of registration

(1) The Minister may, by notifiable instrument, specify, for the purposes of this regulation, a vessel that is registered under the Shipping Registration Act if: (a) the Minister has reasonable grounds to believe it is owned, controlled or operated by: (i) a DPRK person or entity; or (ii) a DPRK citizen; or (iii) a person or entity acting on behalf, or at the direction, of a DPRK person or entity or a DPRK citizen; or (iv) an entity owned or controlled by a DPRK person or entity or a DPRK citizen; or (b) it is, as a result of being designated by the Committee, subject to the asset freeze imposed by paragraph 8(d) of Resolution 1718; or (c) it is designated by the Committee for the purposes of paragraph 12(a) of Resolution 2321. (2) However, the Minister must not specify a vessel covered by paragraph (1)(a) if it is covered by that paragraph only because the vessel’s captain, master or pilot, or a member of the vessel’s crew, is a resident of the DPRK or a DPRK citizen.