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PART 5Trade

CHAPTER 2Trade prohibitions relating to export, supply, sale and transfer

Transfer of technology prohibition

32.—(1) A person must not—

(a)transfer technology to which this paragraph applies to a place in Syria, or

(b)transfer technology to which this paragraph applies to a person connected with Syria.

(2) Paragraph (1) is subject to Part 7 (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) to show that the person did not know and had no reasonable cause to suspect that the transfer was to a place in Syria;

(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 the person was connected with Syria.