The Russia (Sanctions) (Overseas Territories) Order 2020 No. 1571

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

15.  In [F1 regulation 22 (export of restricted goods)], 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, Russia.

[F2 (4) A person who contravenes the prohibition in paragraph (1A) commits an offence, but it is a defence for a person charged with the offence of contravening paragraph (1A) to show that the person did not know and had no reasonable cause to suspect that the export was for the placing on board of a Russian-flagged vessel.”]

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in Sch. 2 para. 15 substituted (14.4.2022) by The Russia (Sanctions) (Overseas Territories) (Amendment) Order 2022 (S.I. 2022/453), arts. 1(1), 13

F2 Words in Sch. 2 para. 15 inserted (14.4.2022) by The Russia (Sanctions) (Overseas Territories) (Amendment) (No. 3) Order 2022 (S.I. 2022/1167), arts. 1(1), 4

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 2 para. 15 comes into force in accordance with art. 1(1)