PART 5Trade

CHAPTER 3Dual-use goods, dual-use technology and related activities

Transfer of dual-use technology35.

(1)

A person must not—

(a)

transfer dual-use technology for military use to a place in Russia;

(b)

transfer dual-use technology for military use to a person connected with Russia;

(c)

transfer dual-use technology to a person mentioned in Schedule 4.

(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—

(i)

the transfer was to a place in Russia, 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 Russia, 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 person to whom the technology was transferred was a person mentioned in Schedule 4.