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

PART 5 U.K. Trade

[F1 [F2 CHAPTER 4JA U.K. Gold jewellery and relevant processed gold

Textual Amendments

F1 Pt. 5 Chs. 4H-4K inserted (21.7.2022) by The Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) (No. 14) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/850), regs. 1(2), 12

F2 Pt. 5 Ch. 4JA inserted (29.10.2022) by The Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) (No. 15) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1110), regs. 1(2)(b), 5

Technical assistance relating to gold jewellery U.K.

46Z16E.— [F3 (1) A person must not directly or indirectly provide technical assistance relating to—

(a) the import of gold jewellery which on or after the relevant day—

(i) originated in Russia, or

(ii) is exported from Russia;

(b) the direct or indirect acquisition of gold jewellery which—

(i) originated in Russia, or

(ii) is located in Russia or, on or after the relevant day, has been exported from Russia,

with the intention of that gold jewellery entering the United Kingdom.]

(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 it is a defence for a person charged with an offence of contravening—

(a) 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 sub-paragraph;

(b) 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 sub-paragraph.]]

Textual Amendments

F3 Reg. 46Z16E(1) substituted (16.12.2022) by The Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) (No. 17) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1331), reg. 1(2)(b), Sch. 4 para. 4