# The Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019, Regulation 46Z14: Technical assistance relating to gold


(1) A person must not directly or indirectly provide technical assistance relating to—
(a) the import of gold which on or after the relevant day—
(i) originated in Russia; or
(ii) is consigned from Russia;
(b) the direct or indirect acquisition of gold which on or after the relevant day—
(i) originated in Russia; and
(ii) is located in Russia,
with the intention of that gold entering the United Kingdom;
(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(2) Paragraph (1) is subject to Part 7 (Exceptions and licences).
(3) A person who contravenes a prohibition in paragraph (1) commits an offence, but it is a defence for a person charged with an offence of contravening —
(a) paragraph (1)(a), to show that the person did not know and had no reasonable cause to suspect that the technical assistance related to an import described in that paragraph;
(b) paragraph (1)(b), to show that the person did not know and had no reasonable cause to suspect that the technical assistance related to an acquisition described in that paragraph;
(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2019/855/regulation/46Z14 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/russia-sanctions-eu-exit-regulations-2019/regulation-46Z14
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