The Republic of Belarus (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

[F1 Supply and delivery of [F2 goods to places outside the UK] U.K.

27K.— (1) A person must not directly or indirectly supply or deliver goods to which this paragraph applies from a place in Belarus to a third country.

(2) A person must not directly or indirectly supply or deliver goods to which this paragraph applies from a place in a non-UK country to a place in a different non-UK country where those goods originate in Belarus.

[F3 (3) Paragraph (1) applies to—

[F4 (za) aluminium;]

[F5 (a) arms and related materiel;

(b) cement;

(c) gold and gold jewellery which has been exported from Belarus on or after the relevant day;

(d) iron and steel products;

(e) mineral products;

(f) potash;

(g) rubber;

(h) wood.]

(3A) Paragraph (2) applies to—

[F6 (a) cement;

(b) gold and gold jewellery which has been exported from Belarus on or after the relevant day;

(c) mineral products;

(d) potash;

(e) rubber;

(f) wood.]]

(4) Paragraphs (1) and (2) are subject to Part 6 (Exceptions and licences).

(5) A person who contravenes a prohibition in paragraph (1) or (2) commits an offence, but—

(a) it is a defence for a person charged with the offence of contravening paragraph (1) to show that the person did not know and had no reasonable cause to suspect that the supply or delivery was from a place in Belarus, whether directly or indirectly;

(b) it is a defence for a person charged with the offence of contravening paragraph (2) to show that the person did not know and had no reasonable cause to suspect that the goods originated in Belarus.

(6) In this regulation—

“non-UK country” means a country that is not the United Kingdom or the Isle of Man;

“third country” means a country that is not the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man or Belarus.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Pt. 5 Chs. 2A-2C inserted (14.10.2021 at noon) by The Republic of Belarus (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1146), regs. 1(2), 19

F2 Words in reg. 27K heading substituted (5.7.2022) by The Republic of Belarus (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/748), regs. 1(2), 19(d)(i)

F3 Reg. 27K(3)(3A) substituted for reg. 27K(3) (5.7.2022) by The Republic of Belarus (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/748), regs. 1(2), 19(d)(ii)

F4 Reg. 27K(3)(za) inserted (16.5.2024) by The Sanctions (EU Exit) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Revocations) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/643), regs. 1(2), 4(8)

F5 Reg. 27K(3)(a)-(h) substituted for reg. 27K(3)(a)-(d) (9.6.2023) by The Republic of Belarus (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/616), regs. 1(2), 9(c)(i)

F6 Reg. 27K(3A)(a)-(f) substituted for reg. 27K(3A)(a)(b) (9.6.2023) by The Republic of Belarus (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/616), regs. 1(2), 9(c)(ii)