Technical assistance relating to military goods and military technologyU.K.
25.—(1) A person must not directly or indirectly provide technical assistance relating to military goods or military technology to a non-governmental person operating in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
(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 it is a defence for a person charged with the offence of contravening paragraph (1) (“P”) to show that P did not know and had no reasonable cause to suspect that the non-governmental person was operating in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Commencement Information
I1Reg. 25 not in force at made date, see reg. 1(2)
I2Reg. 25 in force at 31.12.2020 by S.I. 2019/627, reg. 5(2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)