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Venezuela (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 [SI 2019 No. 135]Introductory TextPart 1 General (regs. 1-4)Regulation 1 Citation and commencementRegulation 2 InterpretationRegulation 3 Application of prohibitions and requirements outside the United KingdomRegulation 4 PurposesPart 2 Designation of persons (regs. 5-9)Regulation 5 Power to designate personsRegulation 6 Designation criteriaRegulation 7 Meaning of "owned or controlled directly or indirectly"Regulation 8 Notification and publicity where designation power usedRegulation 9 Confidential information in certain cases where designation power usedPart 3 Finance (regs. 10-16)Regulation 10 Meaning of "designated person" in Part 3Regulation 11 Asset-freeze in relation to designated personsRegulation 12 Making funds available to designated personRegulation 13 Making funds available for benefit of designated personRegulation 14 Making economic resources available to designated personRegulation 15 Making economic resources available for benefit of designated personRegulation 16 Circumventing etc prohibitionsPart 3A Director disqualification sanctions (reg. 16A)Regulation 16A Director disqualification sanctionsPart 4 Immigration (reg. 17)Regulation 17 ImmigrationPart 5 Trade (regs. 18-32)Chapter 1 Interpretation (regs. 18-21)Regulation 18 Definition of "restricted goods" and "restricted technology"Regulation 19 Definitions relating to "restricted goods" and "restricted technology"Regulation 20 Definition of "interception and monitoring services"Regulation 21 Interpretation of other expressions used in this PartChapter 2 Restricted goods and restricted technology (regs. 22-28)Regulation 22 Export of restricted goodsRegulation 23 Supply and delivery of restricted goodsRegulation 24 Making restricted goods and restricted technology availableRegulation 25 Transfer of restricted technologyRegulation 26 Technical assistance relating to restricted goods and restricted technologyRegulation 27 Financial services and funds relating to restricted goods and restricted technologyRegulation 28 Brokering services: non-UK activity relating to restricted goods and restricted technologyChapter 3 Interception and monitoring services (reg. 29)Regulation 29 Provision of interception and monitoring servicesChapter 4 Military activities etc. (reg. 30)Regulation 30 Military activities or otherwise enabling or facilitating the conduct of armed hostilitiesChapter 5 Further provision (regs. 31-32)Regulation 31 Circumventing etc prohibitionsRegulation 32 DefencesPart 6 Exceptions and licences (regs. 33-40)Regulation 33 Finance: exceptions from prohibitionsRegulation 33ZA Finance: exception from prohibitions for required paymentsRegulation 33A Exception for authorised conduct in a relevant countryRegulation 34 Exception for acts done for purposes of national security or prevention of serious crimeRegulation 35 Treasury licencesRegulation 35A Director disqualification licencesRegulation 36 Trade licencesRegulation 37 Licences: general provisionsRegulation 38 Finance: licensing offencesRegulation 38A Director disqualification: licensing offencesRegulation 39 Trade: licensing offencesRegulation 40 Section 8B(1) to (3) of Immigration Act 1971: directionsPart 7 Information and records (regs. 41-50)Regulation 41 Finance: reporting obligationsRegulation 41A Finance: reporting obligations for required paymentsRegulation 42 "Relevant firm"Regulation 43 Finance: powers to request informationRegulation 44 Finance: production of documentsRegulation 45 Finance: information offencesRegulation 46 Trade: application of information powers in CEMARegulation 47 General trade licences: recordsRegulation 48 General trade licences: inspection of recordsRegulation 49 Disclosure of informationRegulation 49A Finance: disclosure to the TreasuryRegulation 50 Part 7: supplementaryPart 8 Enforcement (regs. 51-59)Regulation 51 Penalties for offencesRegulation 52 Liability of officers of bodies corporate etcRegulation 53 Jurisdiction to try offencesRegulation 54 Procedure for offences by unincorporated bodiesRegulation 55 Time limit for proceedings for summary offencesRegulation 56 Trade enforcement: application of CEMARegulation 57 Trade offences in CEMA: modification of penaltyRegulation 58 Application of Chapter 1 of Part 2 of Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005Regulation 59 Monetary penaltiesPart 9 Maritime enforcement (regs. 60-65)Regulation 60 Exercise of maritime enforcement powersRegulation 61 Maritime enforcement officersRegulation 62 Power to stop, board, search etcRegulation 63 Seizure powerRegulation 64 Restrictions on exercise of maritime enforcement powersRegulation 65 Interpretation of Part 9Part 10 Supplementary and final provision (regs. 66-74)Regulation 66 NoticesRegulation 67 Article 20 of the Export Control Order 2008Regulation 68 Trade: overlapping offencesRegulation 69 Revocation of the Venezuela Council RegulationRegulation 70 Other revocationsRegulation 71 Transitional provision: Treasury licencesRegulation 72 Transitional provision: trade licencesRegulation 73 Transitional provision: pending applications for trade licencesRegulation 74 Transitional Provisions: prior obligationsSchedulesSchedule 1 Rules for interpretation of regulation 7(2)Schedule 2 List of internal repression goods and internal repression technologySchedule 3 List of interception and monitoring goods and interception and monitoring technologySchedule 4 Treasury licences: purposesSignatureExplanatory NoteExplanatory Memorandum
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Version status: In force | Document consolidation status: Updated to reflect all known changes
Version date: 31 December 2020 - onwards
Version 2 of 2

Regulation 25 Transfer of restricted technology

(1) A person must not -

(a) transfer restricted technology to a place in Venezuela;

(b) transfer restricted technology to a person connected with Venezuela.

(2) Paragraph (1) is subject to Part 6 (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 the offence of contravening paragraph (1)(a) to show that the person did not know and had no reasonable cause to suspect that the transfer was to a place in Venezuela;

(b) it is a defence for a person charged with the offence of contravening paragraph (1)(b) ("P") to show that P did not know and had no reasonable cause to suspect that the person was connected with Venezuela.

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