The Republic of Belarus (Sanctions) (Overseas Territories) Order 2020 No. 1271

SCHEDULE 2 U.K. Modifications to be made in the extension of the Republic of Belarus (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 to each British overseas territory listed in Schedule 1

13.  In [F1 regulation 21 (export of goods to, or for use in, Belarus)], at the end insert— U.K.

“(3) A person who contravenes a prohibition in paragraph (1) commits an offence, but it is a defence for a person charged with the offence of contravening paragraph (1) to show that the person did not know and had no reasonable cause to suspect that the export was to, or the goods were for use in, Belarus (as the case may be).”

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in Sch. 2 para. 13 substituted (15.12.2022) by The Republic of Belarus (Sanctions) (Overseas Territories) (Amendment) Order 2022 (S.I. 2022/1339), arts. 1(1), 8

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 2 para. 13 in force at 31.12.2020, see art. 1(1)