# The Iran (Sanctions) (Nuclear) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019, Regulation 31A: Technical assistance relating to relevant goods and technology


(1) A person must not directly or indirectly provide technical assistance to any person relating to—
(a) the import of goods mentioned in regulation 28(1) which—
(i) originate in Iran, or
(ii) are consigned from Iran,
(b) the direct or indirect acquisition of relevant goods and technology which—
(i) originate in Iran, or
(ii) are located in Iran,
(c) the direct or indirect supply and delivery of goods referred to in regulation 29(1) from a place in Iran to a third country, or
(d) the transfer of relevant technology from a place in Iran—
(i) to persons outside the United Kingdom, or
(ii) to a place other than the United Kingdom.
(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) (“P”) to show that P did not know and had no reasonable cause to suspect that the technical assistance related to any matter referred to in paragraph (1).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2019/461/regulation/31A (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/iran-sanctions-nuclear-eu-exit-regulations-2019/regulation-31A
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