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F1Pt. 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
F2Pt. 5 Ch. 2C heading substituted (5.7.2022) by The Republic of Belarus (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/748), regs. 1(2), 20(a)
27N.—(1) A person must not directly or indirectly provide technical assistance to, or for the benefit of, [F4any designated person, where the assistance relates to an aircraft or a ship.]
(2) Paragraph (1) does not apply to any technical assistance which is prohibited under [F5regulation 25 (technical assistance relating to certain goods and technology).]
(3) Paragraph (1) is subject to Part 6 (Exceptions and licences).
(4) 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 technical assistance was provided to or for the benefit of a [F6designated person].
[F7(5) In this regulation—
“aircraft” includes unmanned aircraft and aircraft capable of spaceflight activities;
“designated person” means a person designated under regulation 5 (power to designate persons) for the purposes of this regulation;
“ship” includes every description of vessel (including a hovercraft) used in navigation;
“spaceflight activities” has the meaning given in section 1(6) of the Space Industry Act 2018.]]
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F3Words in reg. 27N heading substituted (5.7.2022) by The Republic of Belarus (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/748), regs. 1(2), 20(b)
F4Words in reg. 27N(1) substituted (5.7.2022) by The Republic of Belarus (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/748), regs. 1(2), 20(c)(i)
F5Words in reg. 27N(2) substituted (5.7.2022) by The Republic of Belarus (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/748), regs. 1(2), 20(c)(ii)
F6Words in reg. 27N(4) substituted (5.7.2022) by The Republic of Belarus (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/748), regs. 1(2), 20(c)(iii)
F7Reg. 27N(5) substituted (5.7.2022) by The Republic of Belarus (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/748), regs. 1(2), 20(c)(iv)
27O.—(1) A person must not directly or indirectly provide—
(a)technical assistance,
(b)armed personnel,
(c)financial services or funds, or
(d)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),
where such provision enables or facilitates the conduct of military activities carried on or proposed to be carried on by the Belarusian military or any other military end-user who is a person connected with Belarus.
(2) Paragraph (1) is subject to Part 6 (Exceptions and licences).
(3) A person who contravenes the prohibition in paragraph (1) commits an offence, but it is a defence for a person charged with that offence to show that the person did not know and had no reasonable cause to suspect that the provision as mentioned in paragraph (1) would enable or facilitate the conduct of military activities carried on or proposed to be carried on by the Belarusian military or any other military end-user who is a person connected with Belarus.
(4) 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.
(5) Nothing in this regulation is to be taken to limit the meaning of any of the prohibitions contained in this Part.]
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