Regulation 194 Control of access to imported US technology
A person who owns, or is in possession of, US technology must ensure that access to that US technology is controlled by a person authorised to do so by the US Government throughout—
the transport of US technology;
preparations for the launch of US launch vehicles or US spacecraft;
the launch of US launch vehicles;
the launch of US spacecraft.
A person who contravenes paragraph (1) commits an offence.
It is a defence for a person charged with such an offence to show that that person—
did not know, and had no reason to know, that they were the owner of, or were in possession of, US technology, or
took all reasonable precautions and exercised all due diligence to avoid committing the offence.
A person guilty of an offence under paragraph (2) is liable—
on summary conviction in England and Wales, to a fine;
on summary conviction in Scotland or Northern Ireland, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum;
on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or a fine, or both.