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Regulation 31C Trade: exceptions relating to mineral products for personal or humanitarian useF1F6

(1)

F2The prohibition in regulation 27J(1) (acquisition of goods connected to Belarus) is not contravened by the purchase in Belarus of mineral products—

(a)

by an individual on a retail basis, for that individual’s personal use, or

(b)

solely for the purposes of the performance of any humanitarian assistance activity in Belarus.

(F32)

The prohibitions in regulations 27I (import of goods originating in, or consigned from, Belarus) and 27K (supply and delivery of goods to places outside the UK) are not contravened by the import or supply or delivery of mineral products which have been purchased as described in paragraph (1).

(3)

F4The prohibitions in regulations 27L (technical assistance relating to certain activities) and 27M (financial services, funds and brokering services relating to certain arrangements) are not contravened by the provision of—

(a)

any technical assistance relating to a purchase specified in paragraph (1);

(b)

any financial service or funds in pursuance of or in connection with an arrangement whose object or effect is a purchase specified in paragraph (1);

(c)

any brokering service in relation to any arrangement whose object or effect is a purchase specified in paragraph (1).

F5(4)

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Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Regs. 31A-31C 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), 25

F2

Words in reg. 31C substituted (5.7.2022) by The Republic of Belarus (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/748), regs. 1(2), 33(b)

F3

Reg. 31C(2) substituted (5.7.2022) by The Republic of Belarus (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/748), regs. 1(2), 33(c)

F4

Words in reg. 31C(3) substituted (5.7.2022) by The Republic of Belarus (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/748), regs. 1(2), 33(d)

F5

Reg. 31C(4) omitted (5.7.2022) by virtue of The Republic of Belarus (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/748), regs. 1(2), 33(e)

F6

Words in reg. 31C heading substituted (5.7.2022) by The Republic of Belarus (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/748), regs. 1(2), 33(a)