The Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

[F1Technical assistance relating to oil and oil productsU.K.

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46Z7.—[F2(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 goods entering the United Kingdom;

F3(c). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .]

(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;

F4(c). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .]

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