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These Regulations amend the eligibility rules relating to Part I and Part III of the Register of British Ships, contained within the Merchant Shipping (Registration of Ships) Regulations 1993 (S.I. 1993/3138) (“the Registration Regulations”). The rules relating to Part I are amended by regulation 5, which expands eligibility to Commonwealth citizens, citizens of states listed in a further list (in a new Schedule 6 to the Registration Regulations), and non-United Kingdom citizens who are settled in the United Kingdom. The rules relating to Part III (small ships) are amended by regulation 25 which expands eligibility to non-United Kingdom citizens who are settled in the United Kingdom.

Link: The Merchant Shipping (Registration of Ships) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
Source: Legislation .gov.uk

These Regulations are made under the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018 (c.13) to establish a sanctions regime in relation to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) for the purposes of implementing many of the obligations that the United Kingdom has under UN Security Council Resolution 1718 (2006), 1874 (2009), 2087 (2013), 2094 (2013), 2270 (2016), 2321 (2016), 2356 (2017), 2371(2017), 2375(2017), and 2397 (2017). They also have the purposes of restricting the ability of the DPRK to carry on its nuclear, biological or chemical weapons programmes, other weapons of mass destruction programmes and ballistic missile programmes, to promote the abandonment of those programmes and the decommissioning of the weapons, and to promote peace, security and stability on the Korean peninsula.

Link: The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
Source: Legislation .gov.uk