The Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 No. 855

PART 5 U.K. Trade

[F1 CHAPTER 4C U.K. Iron and steel products]

Textual Amendments

F1 Pt. 5 Ch. 4C inserted (14.4.2022 at 5.00 p.m.) by The Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) (No. 8) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/452), regs. 1(2), 4

[F2 Technical assistance relating to iron and steel products U.K.

46G.— (1) A person must not directly or indirectly provide technical assistance relating to—

(a) the import of iron and steel products which—

(i) originate in Russia; or

(ii) are consigned from Russia;

(b) the direct or indirect acquisition of iron and steel products which—

(i) originate in Russia; or

(ii) are located in Russia; or

(c) the direct or indirect supply or delivery of iron and steel products from a place in Russia to a third country.

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

(3) A person who contravenes a prohibition in paragraph (1) commits an offence, but—

(a) it is a defence for a person charged with an offence of contravening paragraph (1)(a), to show that the person did not know and had no reasonable cause to suspect that the technical assistance related to an import described in that paragraph;

(b) it is a defence for a person charged with an offence of contravening paragraph (1)(b), to show that the person did not know and had no reasonable cause to suspect that the technical assistance related to an acquisition described in that paragraph;

(c) it is a defence for a person charged with an offence of contravening paragraph (1)(c), to show that the person did not know and had no reasonable cause to suspect that the technical assistance related to a supply or delivery described in that paragraph.]

Textual Amendments

F2 Regs. 46G-46I inserted (15.7.2022) by The Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) (No. 11) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/792), regs. 1(2), 7(3) (with reg. 13)