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Regulation 37 Provision of interception and monitoring servicesI1

United Kingdom

(1)

A person must not directly or indirectly provide interception and monitoring services to, or for the benefit of, the Government of Myanmar.

(2)

Paragraph (1) is subject to Part 6 (Exceptions and licences).

(3)

A person who contravenes the prohibition 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 services were provided to, or for the benefit of, the Government of Myanmar.

(4)

In this regulation, “the Government of Myanmar” includes its public bodies, corporations or agencies, or any person acting on its behalf or at its direction.

Annotations

Commencement

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Reg. 37 in force at 29.4.2021 at 5.00 p.m., see reg. 1(3)