F1Paragraph (1)(b) does not apply to any technical assistance which is prohibited under regulation 27 (technical assistance relating to restricted goods and restricted technology).

Paragraph (1) is subject to Part 7 (Exceptions and licences).

A person who contravenes a prohibition in paragraph (1) commits an offence, but it is a defence for a person charged with an offence of contravening paragraph (1) (“P”) to show that P did not know and had no reasonable cause to suspect that the technical assistance was provided to, or for the benefit of, a designated person.

In this regulation—

• “aircraft” includes unmanned aircraft and aircraft capable of spaceflight activities;

• “designated person” means a person designated under regulation 5 (power to designate persons) for the purposes of this regulation;

• “ship” includes every description of vessel (including a hovercraft) used in navigation.