Regulation 27 Holding or controlling illegally removed Iraqi cultural propertyI1I2
United Kingdom
(1)
A person who holds or controls illegally removed Iraqi cultural property must secure its transfer to a constable.
(2)
Paragraph (1) is subject to Part 5 (Exceptions and licensing).
(3)
A person who fails to comply with the requirement in paragraph (1) commits an offence, but it is a defence for a person charged with that offence (“P”) to show that P did not know and had no reasonable cause to suspect that the goods held or controlled by P were illegally removed Iraqi cultural property.
Annotations
Commencement
- I1
Reg. 27 not in force at made date, see reg. 1(2)
- I2
Reg. 27 in force at 31.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1514, reg. 14(2)