{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/afghanistan-sanctions-overseas-territories-order-2020/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/afghanistan-sanctions-overseas-territories-order-2020/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2020/1284",
  "legislation_title": "The Afghanistan (Sanctions) (Overseas Territories) Order 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/afghanistan-sanctions-overseas-territories-order-2020",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Overseas Territories\nSanctions\nMade 11th November 2020\nLaid before Parliament 18th November 2020\nComing into force in accordance with article 1(1)\nAt the Court at Windsor Castle, the 11th day of November 2020\nPresent,\nThe Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council\nUnder 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 Afghanistan:\nHer Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred on Her by section 1 of the United Nations Act 1946 and section 63(3)(c) and (4) of the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to make the following Order:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "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."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1946 c.45."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "2018 c.13."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/1284/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:22:50.966059+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}