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Regulation 17 Military goods and military technology availableF5I1

United Kingdom

(1)

A person must not F1...F2—

(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.

(2)

Paragraph (1) is subject to Part 5 (Exceptions and licences).

(3)

A person who contravenes the prohibition in paragraph (1) commits an offence, but F3...F4 but

(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.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Words in reg. 17(1) omitted (23.7.2025) by virtue of The Haiti (Sanctions) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/786), regs. 1(2), 8(b)

F2

Reg. 17(1)(a)(b) and punctuation mark inserted (23.7.2025) by The Haiti (Sanctions) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/786), regs. 1(2), 8(c)

F3

Words in reg. 17(3) omitted (23.7.2025) by virtue of The Haiti (Sanctions) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/786), regs. 1(2), 8(d)

F4

Reg. 17(3)(a)(b) and punctuation mark inserted (23.7.2025) by The Haiti (Sanctions) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/786), regs. 1(2), 8(e)

F5

Words in reg. 17 heading substituted (23.7.2025) by The Haiti (Sanctions) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/786), regs. 1(2), 8(a)

Commencement

I1

Reg. 17 in force at 28.12.2022, see reg. 1(2)