Interpretation
4.—(1) Authorisation for the supply, sale or export of petroleum or petroleum products to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia as provided for in the said Regulation shall in the United Kingdom be by way of licence granted by the Secretary of State.
(2) If for the purposes of obtaining a licence any person–
(a)makes any statement or furnishes any document which to his knowledge is false in a material particular, or
(b)recklessly makes any statement or furnishes any document or information which is false in a material particular,
he shall be guilty of an offence; and any licence granted in connection with the application for which the false statement was made or the false document or information furnished shall be void as from the time it was granted.
(3) Any person who, having supplied, sold or exported petroleum or petroleum products under the authority of a licence granted under this regulation, fails to comply with any requirements or conditions to which the licence is subject shall be guilty of an offence unless–
(a)the licence had previously been modified by the Secretary of State without that person’s consent,
(b)the alleged failure to comply would not have been a failure had the licence not been so modified, and
(c)that person proves that the supply, sale or export had taken place before the modification had been made.