Paragraph 26Z4 F1

In regulation 46Z25 (import of liquefied natural gas), 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 that the liquefied natural gas was 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 liquefied natural gas originated in Russia.”