Amendments to regulation 42 (goods prohibitions relating to gold, precious metals or diamonds)

regulation 12 + 12.  In regulation 42 (goods prohibitions relating to gold, precious metals or diamonds)—

regulation 12 a + (a)in paragraphs (1) to (3) for “a Syrian regime person”, in each place it occurs, substitute “the Governing Authority of Syria”; and

regulation 12 b + (b)for paragraph (5) substitute—

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

(a)it is a defence for a person charged with an offence of contravening paragraph (3)(a) to show that the person did not know and had no reasonable cause to suspect that the supply or delivery of gold, precious metals or diamonds was to the Governing Authority of Syria;

(b)it is a defence for a person charged with an offence of contravening paragraph (3)(b) to show that the person did not know and had no reasonable cause to suspect that the gold, precious metals or diamonds were being made available to the Governing Authority of Syria;

(c)it is a defence for a person charged with an offence of contravening paragraph (3)(c) to show that the person did not know and had no reasonable cause to suspect that the supply or delivery of gold, precious metals or diamonds was from the Governing Authority of Syria;

(d)it is a defence for a person charged with an offence of contravening paragraph (3)(d) to show that the person did not know and had no reasonable cause to suspect that the acquisition of gold, precious metals or diamonds was from the Governing Authority of Syria.”.