{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/syria-sanctions-eu-exit-regulations-2019/regulation-48",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/syria-sanctions-eu-exit-regulations-2019/regulation-48.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2019/792",
  "legislation_title": "The Syria (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/syria-sanctions-eu-exit-regulations-2019",
  "path": "regulation/48",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "48",
  "heading": "Provision of interception and monitoring services",
  "text": "(1) A person must not directly or indirectly provide interception and monitoring services to, or for the benefit of, the Government of Syria.\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 it is a defence for a person charged with that offence (“P”) to show that P did not know and had no reasonable cause to suspect that the services were provided to, or for the benefit of, the Government of Syria.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 48(1) substituted (22.4.2026) by The Syria (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/436), regs. 1(2), 2(5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in reg. 48(3) substituted (22.4.2026) by The Syria (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/436), regs. 1(2), 2(5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 48 in force at 31.12.2020 on IP completion day (in accordance with 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)), see reg. 1(3)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2019/792/regulation/48",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:42:00.541031+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."
}