The Iraq (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020

Supply and delivery of illegally removed Iraqi cultural propertyU.K.

This section has no associated Explanatory Memorandum

23.—(1) A person must not directly or indirectly supply or deliver illegally removed Iraqi cultural property from a third country to any other third country.

(2) Paragraph (1) is subject to Part 5 (Exceptions and licensing).

(3) A person who contravenes the prohibition in paragraph (1) commits an offence, but it is a defence for a person charged with that offence to show that the person did not know and had no reasonable cause to suspect that the goods were illegally removed Iraqi cultural property.

(4) In this regulation, “third country” means a country that is not the United Kingdom or the Isle of Man.

Commencement Information

I1Reg. 23 not in force at made date, see reg. 1(2)

I2Reg. 23 in force at 31.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1514, reg. 14(2)