# The Republic of Belarus (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019, Regulation 27N: Technical assistance relating to aircraft and ships


(1) A person must not directly or indirectly provide technical assistance to, or for the benefit of, any designated person, where the assistance relates to an aircraft or a ship.
(2) Paragraph (1) does not apply to any technical assistance which is prohibited under regulation 25 (technical assistance relating to certain goods and technology).
(3) Paragraph (1) is subject to Part 6 (Exceptions and licences).
(4) 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 technical assistance was provided to or for the benefit of a designated person.
(5) In this regulation—
“aircraft” includes unmanned aircraft and aircraft capable of spaceflight activities;
“designated person” means a person designated under regulation 5 (power to designate persons) for the purposes of this regulation;
“ship” includes every description of vessel (including a hovercraft) used in navigation;
“spaceflight activities” has the meaning given in section 1(6) of the Space Industry Act 2018.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2019/600/regulation/27N (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/republic-of-belarus-sanctions-eu-exit-regulations-2019/regulation-27N
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