Operating vessel-based armouries
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Export licensing requirements for storing firearms on a vessel-based armoury (VBA) in the high-risk area (HRA) of the Indian Ocean.
Adapted edition
- Document type
- Reference Guide
- Format
- DOCX
- Pages
- 4
- Language
- English
- Version
- 1.0
- Updated
- 2026-09-17
- Category
- Governance & assurance
- Licence
- Open Government Licence v3.0
Description
Export licensing requirements for storing firearms on a vessel-based armoury (VBA) in the high-risk area (HRA) of the Indian Ocean. Consult the original guidance for current legal and operational details.
Contents
- VBA licensing for UK companies
- Applying for a licence
- VBA licensing for non-UK companies
- Supporting documents
- OITCL licence conditions
- VBA: definition
- HRA: definition
- Countries around the HRA
- Contact ECJU
Source and licence
Export Control Joint Unit
AttributionExport Control Joint Unit, ‘Operating vessel-based armouries’ (updated 18 July 2024), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
ChangesNeutral text-only adaptation from the official GOV.UK Content API body: headings, paragraphs, ordered and unordered list items and clickable source-link destinations in an appendix preserved. Images, logos, page design, accessible-format request widgets and linked attachments excluded; normalised whitespace, invisible format marks and typography.
Version history
- v1.017/09/2026