{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/russia-sanctions-eu-exit-regulations-2019/regulation-54",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/russia-sanctions-eu-exit-regulations-2019/regulation-54.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/54",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "54",
  "heading": "Prohibition on providing certain services relating to non-government controlled Ukrainian territory",
  "text": "(1) A person must not provide—\n(a) services relating to a relevant infrastructure sector in non-government controlled Ukrainian territory; or\n(b) services relating to tourism in non-government controlled Ukrainian territory.\n(2) Paragraph (1) is subject to Part 7 (Exceptions and licences).\n(3) A person who contravenes the prohibition in paragraph (1) commits an offence, but—\n(a) it is a defence for a person charged with the offence in paragraph (1)(a) (“P”) to show that P did not know and had no reasonable cause to suspect that P was providing services relating to a relevant infrastructure sector in non-government controlled Ukrainian territory;\n(b) it is a defence for a person charged with the offence in paragraph (1)(b) (“P”) to show that P did not know and had no reasonable cause to suspect that P was providing services relating to tourism in non-government controlled Ukrainian territory.\n(4) In this regulation—\n“services relating to a relevant infrastructure sector in non-government controlled Ukrainian territory” means technical assistance, brokering, construction or engineering services directly relating to infrastructure in non-government controlled Ukrainian territory in any of the following sectors—\n(a)transport;\n(b)telecommunications;\n(c)energy;\n(d)the prospection, exploration and production of oil, gas and mineral resources;\n“technical assistance” means the provision of technical support or any other technical service.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 54(1) substituted (30.3.2022 at 5.00 p.m.) by The Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) (No. 7) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/395), regs. 1(2), 16(b)(ii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in reg. 54(3) substituted (30.3.2022 at 5.00 p.m.) by The Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) (No. 7) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/395), regs. 1(2), 16(b)(ii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in reg. 54(4) substituted (30.3.2022 at 5.00 p.m.) by The Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) (No. 7) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/395), regs. 1(2), 16(b)(ii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in reg. 54 heading substituted (30.3.2022 at 5.00 p.m.) by The Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) (No. 7) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/395), regs. 1(2), 16(b)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 54 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/54",
    "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."
}