(1) The prohibitions in regulations 8 to 12 (asset-freeze etc.) are not contravened by a person ("P") carrying out a relevant activity which is necessary -

(a) to ensure the timely delivery of humanitarian assistance in Afghanistan, or

(b) to carry out other activities that support basic human needs in Afghanistan,

provided that P believes that carrying out the relevant activity is so necessary and there is no reasonable cause for P to suspect otherwise.

(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1), "relevant activity" means any activity which would, in the absence of this regulation, contravene the prohibitions in regulations 8 to 12.