Regulation 20 Financial services and funds relating to military goods and military technologyF1

United Kingdom

(1)

A person must not directly or indirectly provide, to a person connected with Haiti, financial services in pursuance of or in connection with an arrangement whose object or effect is—

(a)

the export of military goods,

(b)

the direct or indirect supply or delivery of military goods,

(c)

directly or indirectly making military goods or military technology available to a person,

(d)

the transfer of military technology, or

(e)

the direct or indirect provision of technical assistance relating to military goods or military technology.

(2)

A person must not directly or indirectly make funds available to a person connected with Haiti in pursuance of or in connection with an arrangement mentioned in paragraph (1).

(3)

A person must not directly or indirectly provide financial services or funds in pursuance of or in connection with an arrangement whose object or effect is—

(a)

the export of military goods to, or for use in, Haiti,

(b)

the direct or indirect supply or delivery of military goods to a place in Haiti,

(c)

directly or indirectly making military goods or military technology available—

(i)

to a person connected with Haiti, or

(ii)

for use in Haiti,

(d)

the transfer of military technology—

(i)

to a person connected with Haiti, or

(ii)

to a place in Haiti, or

(e)

the direct or indirect provision of technical assistance relating to military goods or military technology—

(i)

to a person connected with Haiti, or

(ii)

for use in Haiti.

(4)

Paragraphs (1) to (3) are subject to Part 5 (Exceptions and licences).

(5)

A person who contravenes a prohibition in any of paragraphs (1) to (3) commits an offence, but—

(a)

it is a defence for a person charged with an offence of contravening paragraph (1) or (2) (“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 an offence of contravening a prohibition in paragraph (3) to show that the person did not know and had no reasonable cause to suspect that the financial services or funds (as the case may be) were provided in pursuance of or in connection with an arrangement mentioned in that paragraph.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Regs. 18-22 inserted (23.7.2025) by The Haiti (Sanctions) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/786), regs. 1(2), 9