{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/iraq-sanctions-eu-exit-regulations-2020/regulation-20",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/iraq-sanctions-eu-exit-regulations-2020/regulation-20.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2020/707",
  "legislation_title": "The Iraq (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/iraq-sanctions-eu-exit-regulations-2020",
  "path": "regulation/20",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "20",
  "heading": "Transfer of military technology",
  "text": "(1) A person must not—\n(a) transfer military technology to a place in Iraq;\n(b) transfer military technology to a person connected with Iraq.\n(2) Paragraph (1) is subject to Part 5 (Exceptions and licences).\n(3) A person who contravenes a prohibition in paragraph (1) commits an offence, but—\n(a) it is a defence for a person charged with the offence of contravening paragraph (1)(a) to show that the person did not know and had no reasonable cause to suspect that the transfer was to a place in Iraq;\n(b) it is a defence for a person charged with the offence of contravening paragraph (1)(b) (“P”) to show that P did not know and had no reasonable cause to suspect that the person was connected with Iraq.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 20 not in force at made date, see reg. 1(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "Reg. 20 in force at 31.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1514, reg. 14(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/707/regulation/20",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:28:23.858720+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."
}