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Regulation 27 Transfer of restricted technologyI1

United Kingdom

(1)

A person must not—

(a)

transfer restricted technology to a place in Libya;

(b)

transfer restricted technology to a person connected with Libya;

(c)

transfer restricted technology to persons outside the United Kingdom or to a place outside the United Kingdom, where the transfer is from a place in Libya.

(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—

(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 Libya;

(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 Libya;

(c)

it is a defence for a person charged with the offence of contravening paragraph (1)(c) to show that the person did not know and had no reasonable cause to suspect that the transfer was from a place in Libya.

Annotations

Commencement

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Reg. 27 in force at 31.12.2020 on IP completion day, see reg. 1(3)