PART 5U.K.Trade

[F1CHAPTER 6BU.K.Professional and Business Services

Textual Amendments

Professional and business servicesU.K.

54C.—(1) A person must not directly or indirectly provide, to a person connected with Russia—

[F2(a)accounting services,

(b)advertising services,

(c)architectural services,

(d)auditing services,

(e)business and management consulting services,

(f)engineering services,

(g)IT consultancy and design services, or

(h)public relations services.]

(2) Paragraph (1) is subject to Part 7 (exceptions and licences).

(3) A person who contravenes any of the prohibitions in paragraph (1) (“P”) commits an offence, but it is a defence for P to show that P did not know and had no reasonable cause to suspect that the person to whom the services were provided was connected with Russia.]

Textual Amendments

F2Reg. 54C(1)(a)-(h) substituted for reg. 54C(1)(a)-(c) (16.12.2022) by The Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) (No. 17) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1331), regs. 1(2)(b), 10