Regulation 8 Amendments to regulation 17 (making small arms, light weapons and ammunition available)

in the heading, for “small arms, light weapons and ammunition” substitute “military goods and military technology”;

in paragraph (1), omit “ directly or indirectly make small arms, light weapons and ammunition available to, or for use in, Haiti.”;

in paragraph (1), after “not” insert—

“—

(a)

directly or indirectly make military goods or military technology available to a person connected with Haiti;

(b)

directly or indirectly make military goods or military technology available for use in Haiti.”;

in paragraph (3), omit “ it is a defence for a person charged with that offence (“P”) to show that P did not know and had no reasonable cause to suspect that the goods were for use in Haiti.”;

in paragraph (3), after “but” insert—

“—

(a)

it is a defence for a person charged with the offence of contravening paragraph (1)(a) (“P”) to show that P did not know and had no reasonable cause to suspect that the person was connected with Haiti;

(b)

it is a defence for a person charged with the offence of contravening paragraph (1)(b) to show that the person did not know and had no reasonable cause to suspect that the goods or technology were for use in Haiti.”.