Paragraph 16 I1

In regulation 23 (import of arms and related materiel), after paragraph (4) insert—

“(4A)

A person who contravenes a prohibition in paragraphs (1) or (2) commits an offence, but—

(a)

it is a defence for a person charged with the offence of contravening paragraph (1) to show that the person did not know and had no reasonable cause to suspect that the goods were consigned from Russia;

(b)

it a defence for a person charged with the offence of contravening paragraph (2) to show that the person did not know and had no reasonable cause to suspect that the goods originated in Russia.”