# The Syria (United Nations Sanctions) (Cultural Property) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020, Regulation 9: Making available and acquisition of illegally removed Syrian cultural property

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

(1) A person must not directly or indirectly—
(a) make available illegally removed Syrian cultural property to another person;
(b) acquire illegally removed Syrian cultural property from another person.
(2) Paragraph (1) is subject to Part 3 (Exceptions).
(3) A person who contravenes a prohibition in paragraph (1) commits an offence, but it is a defence for a person charged with that offence to show that the person did not know and had no reasonable cause to suspect that the goods were illegally removed Syrian cultural property.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/1233/regulation/9 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/syria-united-nations-sanctions-cultural-property-eu-exit-regulations-2020/regulation-9
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