Textual Amendments
F1Pt. 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
46Z7.—(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.]