{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/iran-sanctions-nuclear-eu-exit-regulations-2019/regulation-18",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/iran-sanctions-nuclear-eu-exit-regulations-2019/regulation-18.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2019/461",
  "legislation_title": "The Iran (Sanctions) (Nuclear) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/iran-sanctions-nuclear-eu-exit-regulations-2019",
  "path": "regulation/18",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "18",
  "heading": "Circumventing etc prohibitions",
  "text": "(1) A person must not intentionally participate in activities knowing that the object or effect of them is, whether directly or indirectly—\n(a) to circumvent any of the prohibitions in regulations 12 to 17D, or\n(b) to enable or facilitate the contravention of any such prohibition.\n(2) A person who contravenes the prohibition in paragraph (1) commits an offence.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Word in reg. 18(1)(a) substituted (29.9.2026) by The Iran (Sanctions) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/983), regs. 1(2), 6(e)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 18 not in force at made date, see reg. 1(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "Reg. 18 in force at 31.12.2020 by S.I. 2019/627, reg. 8(2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2019/461/regulation/18",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:45:44.769063+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}