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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/trade-in-controlled-goods-embargoed-destinations-order-2004/article-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/trade-in-controlled-goods-embargoed-destinations-order-2004/article-8.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2004/318",
  "legislation_title": "The Trade in Controlled Goods (Embargoed Destinations) Order 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/trade-in-controlled-goods-embargoed-destinations-order-2004",
  "path": "article/8",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Offences and penalties",
  "text": "(1) Any person who contravenes a prohibition or restriction in article 3 shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a penalty not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.\n(2) Any person who knowingly contravenes any prohibition or restriction in article 3 shall be guilty of an offence and may be arrested.\n(3) A person guilty of an offence under paragraph (2) shall be liable—\n(a) on summary conviction to a fine of the prescribed sum or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months, or to both; or\n(b) on conviction on indictment, to a fine of any amount, or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 10 years, or to both.\n(4) No person shall be guilty of an offence under article 3 if he is able to show that he did not know, and had no reason to suppose, that the goods were destined for an embargoed destination.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "am",
      "affecting": "uksi/2004/1049",
      "affecting_title": "The Trade in Controlled Goods (Embargoed Destinations) (Amendment) Order 2004"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/318/article/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T05:33:46.979322+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."
}