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Regulation 27L Technical assistance relating to certain activitiesF1F9

(1)

A person must not directly or indirectly provide technical assistance relating to—

(a)

the import of F2cement, gold and gold jewellery which has been exported from Belarus on or after the relevant day, iron and steel products, mineral products, potash, relevant processed gold, rubber F3, wood or aluminium which—

(i)

originate in Belarus, or

(ii)

are consigned from Belarus;

(b)

the direct or indirect acquisition of F4cement, gold and gold jewellery which has been exported from Belarus on or after the relevant day, iron and steel products, mineral products, potash, relevant processed gold, rubber F5, wood or aluminium —

(i)

originating in Belarus, or

(ii)

located in Belarus;

(c)

the direct or indirect supply or delivery of F6cement, gold and gold jewellery which has been exported from Belarus on or after the relevant day, iron and steel products, mineral products, potash, relevant processed gold, rubber F7, wood or aluminium from a place in Belarus to a third country;

(F8d)

the direct or indirect supply or delivery of cement, gold and gold jewellery which has been exported from Belarus on or after the relevant day, mineral products, potash, relevant processed gold, rubber, wood or aluminium from a place in a non-UK country to a place in a different non-UK country where the cement, gold and gold jewellery which has been exported from Belarus on or after the relevant day, mineral products, potash, relevant processed gold, rubber, wood or aluminium, originate in Belarus.

(2)

Paragraph (1) is subject to Part 6 (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 an offence of contravening paragraph 1(a), to show that the person did not know and had no reasonable cause to suspect that the technical assistance related to an import described in that paragraph;

(b)

it is a defence for a person charged with an offence of contravening paragraph 1(b), to show that the person did not know and had no reasonable cause to suspect that the technical assistance related to an acquisition described in that paragraph;

(c)

it is a defence for a person charged with an offence of contravening paragraph 1(c) or (d), to show that the person did not know and had no reasonable cause to suspect that the technical assistance related to a supply or delivery described in paragraph (c) or (d), as applicable.

(4)

In this regulation—

  • “non-UK country” means a country that is not the United Kingdom or the Isle of Man;

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

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Pt. 5 Chs. 2A-2C inserted (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), 19

F2

Words in reg. 27L(1)(a) substituted (9.6.2023) by The Republic of Belarus (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/616), regs. 1(2), 9(d)(i)

F3

Words in reg. 27L(1)(a) substituted (16.5.2024) by The Sanctions (EU Exit) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Revocations) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/643), regs. 1(2), 4(9)(a)

F4

Words in reg. 27L(1)(b) substituted (9.6.2023) by The Republic of Belarus (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/616), regs. 1(2), 9(d)(i)

F5

Words in reg. 27L(1)(b) substituted (16.5.2024) by The Sanctions (EU Exit) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Revocations) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/643), regs. 1(2), 4(9)(b)

F6

Words in reg. 27L(1)(c) substituted (9.6.2023) by The Republic of Belarus (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/616), regs. 1(2), 9(d)(i)

F7

Words in reg. 27L(1)(c) substituted (16.5.2024) by The Sanctions (EU Exit) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Revocations) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/643), regs. 1(2), 4(9)(c)

F8

Reg. 27L(1)(d) substituted (16.5.2024) by The Sanctions (EU Exit) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Revocations) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/643), regs. 1(2), 4(9)(d)

F9

Words in reg. 27L heading substituted (5.7.2022) by The Republic of Belarus (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/748), regs. 1(2), 19(e)(i)

Notes on Chapter 2B

Textual amendments

F2

Pt. 5 Ch. 2B heading substituted (5.7.2022) by The Republic of Belarus (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/748), regs. 1(2), 19(a)