# The Russia (Sanctions) (Overseas Territories) Order 2020, Paragraph 26C


In regulation 46D (import of iron and steel products), at the end insert—
“(4) A person who contravenes a prohibition in paragraph (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 products were consigned from Russia;
(b) it is 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 products originated in Russia.”

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/1571/schedule/2/paragraph/26C (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/russia-sanctions-overseas-territories-order-2020/schedule-2/paragraph-26C
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