Part 1: Sanctions regulations Chapter 2: Review by appropriate Minister Section 29: UN-specified ship: right to request review
Where a ship has been specified for any purposes by a UN Security Council resolution, any persons affected by the specification may request the Secretary of State to use their best endeavours to secure that the ship ceases to be specified. The Secretary of State must decide whether to comply with this request or not. This section reflects the fact that the UK is under a binding obligation in international law to apply sanctions to UN specified ships, and the obligation persists until the specification is lifted by the UN itself.
	When a request has been made under this section, further requests cannot be made unless they are based on a significant new matter that the appropriate Minister has not previously considered.