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


In regulation 46Z4 (import of oil and oil products), after paragraph (3) 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 goods 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 goods originated in Russia.”

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