(1) A person must not provide financial services or funds for the purpose of trade with the DPRK.
(2) The prohibition in paragraph (1) does not apply to any provision of financial services or funds prohibited by Chapter 1 of this Part or in any other regulation in this Chapter.
(3) Paragraph (1) is subject to Part 9 (Exceptions and licences).
(4) A person who contravenes the prohibition in paragraph (1) commits an offence, but it is a defence for a person charged with that offence to show that the person did not know and had no reasonable cause to suspect that the financial services or funds provided (as the case may be) were for the purpose of trade with the DPRK.