{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/republic-of-belarus-sanctions-eu-exit-regulations-2019/regulation-29",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/republic-of-belarus-sanctions-eu-exit-regulations-2019/regulation-29.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2019/600",
  "legislation_title": "The Republic of Belarus (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/republic-of-belarus-sanctions-eu-exit-regulations-2019",
  "path": "regulation/29",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "29",
  "heading": "Defences",
  "text": "(1) Paragraph (2) applies where a person relies on a defence under Chapter 2 ..., 2B or 2C of this Part.\n(2) If evidence is adduced which is sufficient to raise an issue with respect to the defence, the court must assume that the defence is satisfied unless the prosecution proves beyond reasonable doubt that it is not.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 29(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), 20(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in reg. 29(1) omitted (5.7.2022) by virtue of The Republic of Belarus (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/748), regs. 1(2), 21"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 29 not in force at made date, see reg. 1(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "Reg. 29 in force at 31.12.2020 by S.I. 2019/627, reg. 12(2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2019/600/regulation/29",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:44:11.360092+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}