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Offences related to import, purchase and transport prohibitions

2.—(1) A person who contravenes any of the following provisions of the Regulation commits an offence—

(a)Article 2(2)(a) (prohibition on import of Annex I items originating in or exported from Burma);

(b)Article 2(2)(b) (prohibition on purchase of Annex I items located in Burma);

(c)Article 2(2)(c) (prohibition on transporting Annex I items originating in or exported from Burma and going to a European Community destination).

(2) A person who is knowingly concerned in an activity, other than the importation of goods to the United Kingdom, prohibited by Article 2(2)(a), (b) or (c) of the Regulation with intent to evade the prohibition in that Article commits an offence and may be arrested.

(3) A person who contravenes Article 2(2)(d) (prohibition on participation, knowingly and intentionally, in activities whose object or effect is, directly or indirectly, to circumvent the prohibition in Article 2(2)(a), (b) or (c)) of the Regulation commits an offence and may be arrested.