# The Iran (Sanctions) Regulations 2023, Regulation 43B: Technical assistance relating to ships


(1) A person must not directly or indirectly provide technical assistance relating to a ship to, or for the benefit of, a designated person.
(2) Paragraph (1) is subject to Part 8 (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 an offence of contravening paragraph (1) (“P”) to show that P did not know and had no reasonable cause to suspect that the technical assistance was provided to, or for the benefit of, a designated person.
(4) In this regulation, a “designated person” means a person designated under regulation 5 (power to designate persons) for the purposes of this regulation.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2023/1314/regulation/43B (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/iran-sanctions-regulations-2023/regulation-43B
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