{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/andrey-lugovoy-and-dmitri-kovtun-freezing-order-2018/article-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/andrey-lugovoy-and-dmitri-kovtun-freezing-order-2018/article-4.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2018/60",
  "legislation_title": "The Andrey Lugovoy and Dmitri Kovtun Freezing Order 2018",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/andrey-lugovoy-and-dmitri-kovtun-freezing-order-2018",
  "path": "article/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Freezing prohibitions",
  "text": "(1) The provisions of this article apply in relation to the following funds (“frozen funds”)—\n(a) funds owned, held or controlled by Andrey Lugovoy; and\n(b) funds owned, held or controlled by Dmitri Kovtun.\n(2) A person must not make frozen funds available to or for the benefit of a specified person.\n(3) A person must not make frozen funds available to a person at the direction or instruction of a specified person\n(4) A person must not deal with frozen funds.\n(5) For the purposes of this article, making funds available to or for the benefit of a specified person includes—\n(a) allowing a specified person to withdraw from an account;\n(b) honouring a cheque payable to a specified person;\n(c) crediting a specified persons account with interest;\n(d) releasing documents of title (such as share certificates) held on behalf of a specified person;\n(e) making available the proceeds of realisation of property belonging to a specified person; and\n(f) making a payment to or for the benefit of a specified person.\n(6) In this article “deal with” means—\n(a) use, alter, move, allow access to or transfer;\n(b) deal with in any other way that would result in any change in volume, amount, location, ownership, possession, character or destination; or\n(c) make any other change that would enable use, including portfolio management.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2018/60/article/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:03:20.687019+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."
}