# The Burma (Restrictive Measures) (Overseas Territories) Order 2009, Article 16: Prohibition against creating a joint venture


(1) A person shall not create a joint venture with—
(a) a listed enterprise;
(b) a subsidiary enterprise of a listed enterprise; or
(c) a person under the control of a listed enterprise.
(2) A person who contravenes the prohibition in paragraph (1) shall be guilty of an offence.
(3) In proceedings for an offence under this article, it is a defence for a person to show that they did not know and had no reasonable cause to suspect that the joint venture was being created with a body falling within sub-paragraph (a), (b) or (c) of paragraph (1).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/3008/article/16 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/burma-restrictive-measures-overseas-territories-order-2009/article-16
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