25.—(1) A person must not directly or indirectly provide to another person, financial services or funds in pursuance of, or in connection with, an arrangement whose object or effect is—
(a)the export of illegally removed Iraqi cultural property,
(b)the import of illegally removed Iraqi cultural property,
(c)the direct or indirect supply or delivery of illegally removed Iraqi cultural property, or
(d)the direct or indirect making of illegally removed Iraqi cultural property available to a person.
(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 financial services or funds were provided in pursuance of or in connection with an arrangement mentioned in that paragraph.
Commencement Information
I1Reg. 25 not in force at made date, see reg. 1(2)
I2Reg. 25 in force at 31.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1514, reg. 14(2)