{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/russia-sanctions-eu-exit-regulations-2019/regulation-46Z16E",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/russia-sanctions-eu-exit-regulations-2019/regulation-46Z16E.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/46Z16E",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "46Z16E",
  "heading": "Technical assistance relating to gold jewellery",
  "text": "(1) A person must not directly or indirectly provide technical assistance relating to—\n(a) the import of gold jewellery which on or after the relevant day—\n(i) originated in Russia, or\n(ii) is exported from Russia;\n(b) the direct or indirect acquisition of gold jewellery which—\n(i) originated in Russia, or\n(ii) is located in Russia or, on or after the relevant day, has been exported from Russia,\nwith the intention of that gold jewellery entering the United Kingdom.\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 it is a defence for a person charged with an offence of contravening—\n(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 sub-paragraph;\n(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 sub-paragraph.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Pt. 5 Chs. 4H-4K inserted (21.7.2022) by The Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) (No. 14) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/850), regs. 1(2), 12"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Pt. 5 Ch. 4JA inserted (29.10.2022) by The Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) (No. 15) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1110), regs. 1(2)(b), 5"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Reg. 46Z16E(1) substituted (16.12.2022) by The Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) (No. 17) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1331), reg. 1(2)(b), Sch. 4 para. 4"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2019/855/regulation/46Z16E",
    "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."
}