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Regulation 22 Supply and delivery of military goodsI1

United Kingdom

(1)

A person must not directly or indirectly supply or deliver military goods from a third country to F1an armed group operating in the Central African Republic or an associated individual.

(2)

Paragraph (1) is subject to Part 6 (Exceptions and licences).

(3)

A person who contravenes the prohibition in paragraph (1) commits an offence, but it is a defence for a person charged with that offence to show that the person did not know and had no reasonable cause to suspect that the goods were destined (or ultimately destined) for F2an armed group operating in the Central African Republic or an associated individual.

(4)

In this regulation, “third country” means a country that is not the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man or the Central African Republic.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Words in reg. 22(1) substituted (6.1.2026) by The Central African Republic (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/1327), regs. 1(2), 2(7)(a)

F2

Words in reg. 22(3) substituted (6.1.2026) by The Central African Republic (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/1327), regs. 1(2), 2(7)(b)

Commencement

I1

Reg. 22 in force at 31.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1514, reg. 10(2)