Article 2 Offences related to Annex I itemsI1

United Kingdom

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

art. 2(1)(a) word substituted by The Export Control (Iran) (Amendment) Order 2007 Sch. para. 2
art. 2(1)(bb) inserted by The Export Control (Iran) (Amendment) Order 2007 Sch. para. 3
art. 2(1)(c) word substituted by The Export Control (Iran) (Amendment) Order 2007 Sch. para. 4
art. 2(1)(d) substituted by The Export Control (Iran) (Amendment) Order 2007 Sch. para. 5
art. 2(2) substituted by The Export Control (Iran) (Amendment) Order 2007 Sch. para. 6
art. 2(3) word substituted by The Export Control (Iran) (Amendment) Order 2007 Sch. para. 7
art. 2(5) words substituted by The Export Control (Iran) (Amendment) Order 2007 Sch. para. 8
art. 2(6) words substituted by The Export Control (Iran) (Amendment) Order 2007 Sch. para. 9
art. 2(7) word substituted by The Export Control (Iran) (Amendment) Order 2007 Sch. para. 10(a)
art. 2(7) words substituted by The Export Control (Iran) (Amendment) Order 2007 Sch. para. 10(b)

(1)

A person who contravenes any of the following provisions of the Regulation, except by exporting goods, commits an offence—

(a)

Article 2(a) (prohibition on sale etc. to Iran of Annex I items),

(b)

Article 4 (prohibition on purchase etc. from Iran of Annex I items),

(c)

Article 5(1)(a) (prohibition on provision to Iran of technical assistance or brokering services related to Annex I items), or

(d)

Article 5(1)(b) (prohibition on providing investment to enterprises in Iran engaged in the manufacture of Annex I items).

(2)

A person who contravenes Article 5(1)(c) (prohibition on provision to Iran of financing or financial assistance related to Annex I items) of the Regulation commits an offence unless Article 12(2) of the Regulation (defence that person did not know and had no reasonable cause to suspect infringement) applies.

(3)

A person who is knowingly concerned in an activity, other than the exportation of goods, prohibited by Article 2(a) of the Regulation with intent to evade the prohibition in that Article commits an offence and may be arrested.

(4)

A person who is knowingly concerned in an activity, other than the importation of goods, prohibited by Article 4 of the Regulation with intent to evade the prohibition in that Article commits an offence and may be arrested.

(5)

A person who is knowingly concerned in an activity prohibited by or Article 5(1)(a), (b) or (c) of the Regulation with intent to evade the prohibition in that Article commits an offence and may be arrested.

(6)

A person who contravenes Article 2(b) (prohibition on participation, knowingly and intentionally, in activities the object or effect of which is to circumvent the prohibition in Article 2(1)(a)) of the Regulation commits an offence and may be arrested.

(7)

A person who contravenes Article 5(1)(d) (prohibition on participation, knowingly and intentionally, in activities the object or effect of which is to circumvent the prohibition in Article 5(1)(a), (b) or (c)) of the Regulation commits an offence and may be arrested.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Art. 2 in force at 26.5.2007, see art. 1(1)