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Jersey gives effect to Iran nuclear sanctions on aircraft and ships
R&O.97/2026, in force 29 September, adds Article 28A delegates to the Article 4 offence exemption and maps the Iran (Nuclear) aircraft and ship-detention provisions onto Jersey shipping law.
By Taxxa AI OyPublished 28 September 2026
The Sanctions and Asset-Freezing (Implementation of External Sanctions) (Jersey) Order 2021 stands amended from 29 September 2026 by the Sanctions and Asset-Freezing (Implementation of External Sanctions) (Jersey) Amendment Order 2026, R&O.97/2026Jerseylaw. The consolidated Order carries two substantive changes alongside repagination.
First, the offence provision in Article 4 is widened in favour of delegates. Article 4(1) defines the offence of contravening sanctions measures; a person committing it is liable to imprisonment of up to seven years and to a fine in any other case. Article 4(2) disapplies that offence to acts of the Minister performing a function under the Law or the Order, and to acts of any other person performing such a function as a delegate of the Minister — previously under Article 46 of the Law or Article 28 of the States of Jersey Law 2005, now also under Article 28A of the 2005 LawJerseylaw. Acts authorised by a licence remain outside the offence only so far as they comply with the licence's conditions.
Second, Schedule 3 gains a new paragraph 1BJerseylaw giving Jersey effect to parts of the United Kingdom's Iran (Sanctions) (Nuclear) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019, S.I. 2019/461, on the movement of aircraft and the detention of ships
Jerseylaw. The persons who commit the offence of contravening regulation 36A(1) of the 2019 Regulations are the operator and the pilot in command of the Iranian aircraft.
Jerseylaw For regulation 36J(8) of the 2019 Regulations, references to sections of the United Kingdom's Merchant Shipping Act 1995 are mapped onto the Shipping (Jersey) Law 2002
Jerseylaw: section 284(1), (2), (2A), (2B), (3) and (8) read as Article 177(1), (3) and (4)
Jerseylaw, with section 284(1A)(a) corresponding to Article 177(2)(a)
Jerseylaw and section 284(2A) to Article 177(3)(b)
Jerseylaw. The paragraph defines its shorthand: the 2002 Law, the UK 1995 Act and the UK 2019 Regulations.
The 2019 Regulations are the United Kingdom instrument made on 5 March 2019 under the sanctions legislation; the Jersey Order is what gives the aircraft-movement and ship-detention provisions their effect for Jersey enforcement purposes.
Operators and pilots in command of Iranian aircraft, those concerned with the detention of ships under the mapped provisions, and anyone acting under ministerial delegation in the sanctions field should work from the Order as amended from 29 September 2026Jerseylaw.
Legal basis: Sanctions and Asset-Freezing (Implementation of External Sanctions) (Jersey) Order 2021 as amended by R&O.97/2026; Iran (Sanctions) (Nuclear) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/461).
Operators and pilots of Iranian aircraft serving Jersey, Jersey shipping-enforcement teams, and ministerial delegates should work from the Order as amended by R&O.97/2026 from 29 September 2026.