Regulation 31F Trade: exception for emergencies in certain casesF1

The prohibitions to which this paragraph applies are not contravened by any act done by a person (“P”), where P provides justification to the Secretary of State within the relevant period that the act is an act dealing with an emergency.

Paragraph (1) applies to the prohibitions in Chapter 2 of Part 5 (exports to Belarus and related activities), so far as those prohibitions apply to critical-industry goods, critical-industry technology, F2machinery-related goods, machinery-related technology, oil refining goods or oil refining technology, other than the prohibition in regulation 24A (provision of interception and monitoring services).

In this regulation—

• “an act dealing with an emergency” means an act assisting with the urgent prevention or mitigation of an event likely to have a serious and significant impact on human health or safety, infrastructure or the environment;

• “critical-industry goods” and “critical-industry technology” have the meanings given in regulation 20(3);

• F3“machinery-related goods” and “machinery-related technology” have the meanings given in regulation 20(3);

• “oil refining goods” and “oil refining technology” have the meanings given in regulation 20(3);

• “relevant period”, in relation to an act, means the period of 5 working days beginning with the day on which the act is done.