Introductory text
United Kingdom
Overseas Territories
Sanctions
Made 11th November 2020
Laid before Parliament 18th November 2020
Coming into force in accordance with article 1(1)
At the Court at Windsor Castle, the 11th day of November 2020
Present,
The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council
Under Article 41 of the Charter of the United Nations the Security Council of the United Nations has, by a resolution adopted on 21st December 2015, called upon Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom to apply certain measures to give effect to decisions of that Council in relation to Afghanistanf1:
Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred on Her by section 1 of the United Nations Act 1946f2 and section 63(3)(c) and (4) of the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018f3, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to make the following Order:
Annotations
Footnotes
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The Security Council of the United Nations adopted resolution 2255 (2015) on 21st December 2015 (“resolution 2255”). Paragraph 1(b) of resolution 2255 requires States to take the necessary measures to prevent the entry into or transit through their territories of all persons designated by the Committee established in paragraph 30 of resolution 1988 (“the Committee”). Resolution 1988 established the UN sanctions regime in view of the situation in Afghanistan in respect of the Taliban the threat to the peace, stability and security of Afghanistan. That regime is now given effect to by resolution 2255.
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