PART 5 U.K.Trade

[F1 CHAPTER 2A U.K.Dual-use goods and dual-use technology

Textual Amendments

F1 Pt. 5 Ch. 2A inserted (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), 4(9); S.I. 2020/1514, reg. 4

Transfer of dual-use technology U.K.

28E.— (1) A person must not—

(a) transfer dual-use technology for military use to a place in Burma;

(b) transfer dual-use technology for military use to a person connected with Burma;

(c) transfer dual-use technology to the Burma security forces.

(2) Paragraph (1) is subject to Part 6 (Exceptions and licences).

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

(a) it is a defence for a person charged with the offence of contravening paragraph (1)(a) (“P”) to show that P did not know and had no reasonable cause to suspect that—

(i) the transfer was to a place in Burma, or

(ii) the technology was for military use;

(b) it is a defence for a person charged with the offence of contravening paragraph (1)(b) (“P”) to show that P did not know and had no reasonable cause to suspect that—

(i) the person was connected with Burma, or

(ii) the technology was for military use;

(c) it is a defence for a person charged with an offence of contravening paragraph (1)(c) (“P”) to show that P did not know and had no reasonable cause to suspect that the technology was transferred to the Burma security forces.]