PART 5Trade
F1CHAPTER 4IOil and Oil Products
Technical assistance relating to oil and oil products46Z7
1
A person must not, on or after the relevant day, directly or indirectly provide technical assistance relating to—
a
the import of oil and oil products which—
i
originate in Russia, or
ii
are consigned from Russia;
b
the direct or indirect acquisition of oil and oil products which—
i
originate in Russia, or
ii
are located in Russia,
with the intention of those products entering the United Kingdom;
c
the direct or indirect supply or delivery of oil and oil products from a place in Russia into the United Kingdom.
2
Paragraph (1) is subject to Part 7 (Exceptions and licences).
3
A person who contravenes any of the prohibitions in paragraph (1) commits an offence, but it is a defence for a person charged with an offence of contravening—
a
paragraph (1)(a), to show that the person did not know and had no reasonable cause to suspect that the technical assistance related to an import described in that paragraph;
b
paragraph (1)(b), to show that the person did not know and had no reasonable cause to suspect that the technical assistance related to an acquisition described in that paragraph;
c
paragraph (1)(c), to show that the person did not know and had no reasonable cause to suspect that the technical assistance related to a supply or delivery described in that paragraph.
Pt. 5 Chs. 4H-4K inserted (21.7.2022) by The Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) (No. 14) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/850), regs. 1(2), 12