{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/iran-sanctions-regulations-2023/regulation-45",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/iran-sanctions-regulations-2023/regulation-45.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2023/1314",
  "legislation_title": "The Iran (Sanctions) Regulations 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/iran-sanctions-regulations-2023",
  "path": "regulation/45",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "45",
  "heading": "Defences",
  "text": "(1) Paragraph (2) applies where a person relies on a defence under Chapter 2, 3 or 4 of this Part.\n(2) If evidence is adduced which is sufficient to raise an issue with respect to the defence, the court must assume that the defence is satisfied unless the prosecution proves beyond reasonable doubt that it is not.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 45 in force at 14.12.2023, see reg. 1(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2023/1314/regulation/45",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:37:37.715143+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."
}