Section 46P(5)

A person who contravenes a prohibition in any of paragraphs (1) to (3) commits an offence, but— it is a defence for a person charged with an offence of contravening paragraph (1) or (2) (“P”) to show that P did not know and had no reasonable cause to suspect that the person was connected with Russia; it is a defence for a person charged with the offence of contravening paragraph (3) to show that the person did not know and had no reasonable cause to suspect that the financial services or funds (as the case may be) were provided in pursuance of or in connection with an arrangement mentioned in that paragraph.

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Source: legislation.gov.uk · retrieved 2026-08-30