Regulation 30 Provision of military-related servicesF1I1
A person must not directly or indirectly provide anything falling within paragraph (2) to or for the benefit of the National Bolivarian Armed Forces of Venezuela, or to any person acting on its behalf or under its direction, where such provision—
relates to the military activities of the recipient in Venezuela, or
otherwise enables or facilitates the conduct of armed hostilities in Venezuela.
The following fall within this paragraph—
technical assistance,
armed personnel,
financial services or funds, or
brokering services in relation to an arrangement whose object or effect is to provide, in a non-UK country, anything mentioned in sub-paragraphs (a) to (c).
Paragraph (1) is subject to Part 6 (Exceptions and licences).
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 provision as mentioned in paragraph (1)—
was to or for the benefit of the National Bolivarian Armed Forces of Venezuela, or to any person acting on its behalf or under its direction, or
related to the military activities of the recipient in Venezuela or would otherwise enable or facilitate the conduct of armed hostilities in Venezuela.
In this regulation—
“non-UK country” means a country that is not the United Kingdom;
“technical assistance” means the provision of technical support or any other technical service.
Nothing in this regulation is to be taken to limit the meaning of any of the prohibitions contained in Chapter 2 or 3.
Annotations
Textual amendments
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Pt. 5 Ch. 4 substituted (31.12.2020 immediately after IP completion day) by The Sanctions (EU Exit) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/590), regs. 1(2), 3(8); S.I. 2020/1514, reg. 4
Commencement
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Reg. 30 in force at 31.12.2020 on IP completion day by S.I. 2019/627, reg. 3(2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)