PART 5Trade

CHAPTER 2Trade prohibitions relating to military goods, military technology, IED component goods and IED component technology

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1

A person must not—

a

transfer military technology or IED component technology to a place in Somalia;

b

transfer military technology or IED component technology to a person connected with Somalia.

2

Paragraph (1) is subject to Part 6 (Exceptions and licences).

3

A person who contravenes a prohibition in paragraph (1) commits an offence, but—

a

it is a defence for a person charged with the offence of contravening paragraph (1)(a) to show that the person did not know and had no reasonable cause to suspect that the transfer was to a place in Somalia.

b

it is a defence for a person charged with the offence of contravening paragraph (1)(b) (“P”) to show that F1P did not know and had no reasonable cause to suspect that the person was connected with Somalia.