# The Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2023, Regulation 3: Amendments to Chapter 6B of Part 5 (trade: professional and business services)


(1) In regulation 54B, after paragraph (g), insert—
“(ga) “legal advisory services” has the meaning given in paragraph 8A of Schedule 3J;”.
(2) After regulation 54C, insert—
“Legal advisory services
54D. (1) A person must not directly or indirectly provide legal advisory services to any person who is not a United Kingdom person in relation to, or in connection with, any activity (“the relevant activity”) which satisfies the condition in paragraph (2), whether or not those services are provided to a person in the United Kingdom.
(2) The condition is that the relevant activity would—
(a) be prohibited under any of regulations 11 to 18C of Part 3 (Finance), Chapters 2 to 6 or Chapter 6B of Part 5 (Trade) if—
(i) the relevant activity was done by a United Kingdom person, or
(ii) the relevant activity was taking place in the United Kingdom, or
(b) contravene regulation 19 or 55 if—
(i) the relevant activity was done by a United Kingdom person, or
(ii) the relevant activity was taking place in the United Kingdom.
(3) Paragraph (1) is subject to Part 7 (exceptions and licences).
(4) A person who contravenes any of the prohibitions in paragraph (1) (“P”) commits an offence, but it is a defence for P to show that P did not know and had no reasonable cause to suspect that the relevant activity satisfied the condition in paragraph (2).”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2023/713/regulation/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/russia-sanctions-eu-exit-amendment-no-3-regulations-2023/regulation-3
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