16.—(1) A person (including a listed person) shall not make funds or economic resources available, directly or indirectly, to or for the benefit of a listed person, subject to article 17, unless they do so under the authority of a licence granted under article 20.
(2) A person who contravenes the prohibition in paragraph (1) shall be guilty of an offence under this Order.
(3) In proceedings for an offence under this article, it is a defence for a person to show that they did not know and had no reasonable cause to suspect funds or economic resources were being made available, directly or indirectly, to or for the benefit of a listed person.