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Regulation 31 Transfer of relevant technology from a place in IranF2I1I2

United Kingdom

(1)

A person must not transfer relevant technology to persons outside the United Kingdom or to a place outside the United Kingdom, where the transfer is from a place in Iran.

(2)

Paragraph (1) is subject to Part 6 (Exceptions and licences).

(3)

A person who contravenes a prohibition in paragraph (1) commits an offence, but it is a defence for a person charged with the offence of contravening paragraph (1) to show that the person did not know and had no reasonable cause to suspect that the transfer was from a place in Iran.

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Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Reg. 31(4) omitted (29.9.2026) by virtue of The Iran (Sanctions) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/983), regs. 1(2), 7(k)(ii)

F2

Word in reg. 31 heading substituted (29.9.2026) by The Iran (Sanctions) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/983), regs. 1(2), 7(k)(i)

Commencement

I1

Reg. 31 not in force at made date, see reg. 1(2)

I2

Reg. 31 in force at 31.12.2020 by S.I. 2019/627, reg. 8(2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

Notes on Chapter 2

Textual amendments

F1

Pt. 5 Ch. 2 heading substituted (29.9.2026) by The Iran (Sanctions) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/983), regs. 1(2), 7(f)