text: **Prohibition on arrival of vessels into England**
  
  **3.**—(1) A controller must not cause or permit a vessel whose last point of departure was a 
  country or territory listed in paragraph 5 to moor at a port in England unless mooring at a port in 
  England— 
  
  (a) is reasonably necessary to secure the safety of the vessel or the health and safety of any 
  
  person aboard it; or 
  
  (b) is otherwise required pursuant to a direction issued under Schedule 3A to the Merchant 
  Shipping Act 1995. 
  
  (2) This paragraph does not apply in relation to— 
  
  (a) a commercially operated vessel carrying no passengers; 
  (b) a vessel operated by or in support of Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom; 
  (c) a vessel operated by or in support of a foreign country or territory where, prior to its 
  arrival in England, a United Kingdom Government Department has provided written 
  confirmation to the operator that the vessel is carrying passengers who are travelling to 
  conduct official business with the United Kingdom. 
  
  **4.**The countries or territories referred to in paragraph 2(1) are— 
  
  (a) Argentina; 
  (b) Brazil; 
  (c) Cape Verde; 
  (d) Chile; 
  (e) Ethiopia; 
  (f) The Maldives; 
  (g) Oman; 
  (h) Qatar; 
  (i) South Africa; 
  (j) Turkey; 
  (k) United Arab Emirates. 