Section 51

A person must not directly or indirectly provide technical assistance relating to infrastructure-related goods— to a person connected with non-government controlled Ukrainian territory, or for use in non-government controlled Ukrainian territory. 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 the offence of contravening paragraph (1)(a) (“P”) to show that P did not know and had no reasonable cause to suspect that the person was connected with non-government controlled Ukrainian territory; it is a defence for a person charged with the offence of contravening paragraph (1)(b) to show that the person did not know and had no reasonable cause to suspect that the goods were for use in non-government controlled Ukrainian territory.

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