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Regulation 22 Supply and delivery of goods from a third country to BelarusF3I1I2F1

United Kingdom

(1)

A person must not directly or indirectly supply or deliver the following goods from a third country to a place in Belarus—

(F2a)

banknotes;

(b)

chemical and biological weapons-related goods;

(c)

critical-industry goods;

(d)

dual-use goods;

(e)

interception and monitoring goods;

(f)

internal repression goods;

(g)

luxury goods;

(h)

machinery-related goods;

(i)

military goods;

(j)

oil refining goods;

(k)

quantum computing and advanced materials goods;

(l)

tobacco industry goods.

(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 to show that the person did not know and had no reasonable cause to suspect that the goods were destined (or ultimately destined) for Belarus.

(4)

In this regulation, “third country” means a country that is not the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man or Belarus.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Reg. 22(1) substituted (14.10.2021 at noon) by The Republic of Belarus (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1146), regs. 1(2), 16(2)

F2

Reg. 22(1)(a)-(l) substituted for reg. 22(1)(a)-(i) (9.6.2023) by The Republic of Belarus (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/616), regs. 1(2), 8(b)

F3

Words in reg. 22 heading substituted (5.7.2022) by The Republic of Belarus (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/748), regs. 1(2), 17(c)(i)

Commencement

I1

Reg. 22 not in force at made date, see reg. 1(2)

I2

Reg. 22 in force at 31.12.2020 by S.I. 2019/627, reg. 12(2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

Notes on Chapter 2

Textual amendments

F1

Pt. 5 Ch. 2 heading substituted (5.7.2022) by The Republic of Belarus (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/748), regs. 1(2), 17(a)