{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/russia-sanctions-eu-exit-regulations-2019/regulation-25",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/russia-sanctions-eu-exit-regulations-2019/regulation-25.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2019/855",
  "legislation_title": "The Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/russia-sanctions-eu-exit-regulations-2019",
  "path": "regulation/25",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "25",
  "heading": "Making available or acquiring restricted goods and restricted technology",
  "text": "(1) A person must not—\n(a) directly or indirectly make restricted goods or restricted technology available to a person connected with Russia;\n(b) directly or indirectly make restricted goods or restricted technology available for use in Russia;\n(c) directly or indirectly acquire military goods or military technology from a person connected with Russia;\n(d) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(e) directly or indirectly acquire military goods or military technology located in Russia.\n(f) directly or indirectly make maritime goods or maritime technology available for the placing on board of a Russian-flagged vessel.\n(2) Paragraph (1) is subject to Part 7 (Exceptions and licences).\n(3) A person who contravenes a prohibition in paragraph (1) commits an offence, but—\n(a) it is a defence for a person charged with an offence of contravening paragraph (1)(a) or (c) (“P”) to show that P did not know and had no reasonable cause to suspect that the person was connected with Russia;\n(b) it is a defence for a person charged with the offence of contravening paragraph (1)(b) to show that the person did not know and had no reasonable cause to suspect that the goods or technology were for use in Russia;\n(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(d) it is a defence for a person charged with the offence of contravening paragraph (1)(e) to show that the person did not know and had no reasonable cause to suspect that the goods or technology were located in Russia.\n(e) it is a defence for a person charged with the offence of contravening paragraph (1)(f) to show that the person did not know and had no reasonable cause to suspect that the goods or technology were to be made available for the placing on board of a Russian-flagged vessel.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 25(1)(a) substituted (1.3.2022) by The Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/195), regs. 1(2), 4(2)(c) (with reg. 11)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in reg. 25(1)(a) substituted (1.3.2022) by The Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/195), regs. 1(2), 4(3)(a) (with reg. 11)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in reg. 25(1)(b) substituted (1.3.2022) by The Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/195), regs. 1(2), 4(2)(c) (with reg. 11)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in reg. 25(1)(b) substituted (1.3.2022) by The Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/195), regs. 1(2), 4(3)(a) (with reg. 11)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Reg. 25(1)(d) omitted (31.12.2020 immediately after IP completion day) by virtue of The Sanctions (EU Exit) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/590), regs. 1(2), 10(4)(a); S.I. 2020/1514, reg. 4"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Reg. 25(1)(f) inserted (15.7.2022) by The Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) (No. 11) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/792), regs. 1(2), 5(3)(a) (with reg. 13)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Reg. 25(3)(c) omitted (31.12.2020 immediately after IP completion day) by virtue of The Sanctions (EU Exit) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/590), regs. 1(2), 10(4)(b); S.I. 2020/1514, reg. 4"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "Reg. 25(3)(e) inserted (15.7.2022) by The Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) (No. 11) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/792), regs. 1(2), 5(3)(b) (with reg. 13)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F9",
      "text": "Words in reg. 25 heading substituted (1.3.2022) by The Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/195), regs. 1(2), 4(2)(c) (with reg. 11)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F10",
      "text": "Words in reg. 25 heading substituted (1.3.2022) by The Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/195), regs. 1(2), 4(3)(a) (with reg. 11)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 25 in force at 31.12.2020 on IP completion day (in accordance with 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)), see reg. 1(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2019/855/regulation/25",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:41:25.449074+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."
}