# The Syria (United Nations Sanctions) (Cultural Property) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020, Regulation 12: Holding or controlling illegally removed Syrian cultural property

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) A person who holds or controls illegally removed Syrian cultural property must secure its transfer to a constable.
(2) Paragraph (1) is subject to Part 3 (Exceptions).
(3) A person who fails to comply with the requirement 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 goods held or controlled by P were illegally removed Syrian cultural property.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/1233/regulation/12 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/syria-united-nations-sanctions-cultural-property-eu-exit-regulations-2020/regulation-12
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