(1) A person must not directly or indirectly provide technical assistance relating to gold, precious metals or diamonds to a DPRK Government person.
(2) Paragraph (1) is subject to Part 9 (Exceptions and licences).
(3) A person who contravenes the prohibition in paragraph (1) commits an offence, but it is a defence for a person charged with that offence ("P") to show that P did not know and had no reasonable cause to suspect that the person was a DPRK Government person.