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Regulation 6 Designation criteria: meaning of “involved person”F3I1I2

United Kingdom

F1(1)

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(2)

F2For the purposes of regulation 5A (conditions for the designation of persons by name) an “involved person” means a person who—

(a)

is or has been involved in a prohibited activity related to chemical weapons,

(b)

is owned or controlled directly or indirectly (within the meaning of regulation 7) by a person who is or has been so involved,

(c)

is acting on behalf of or at the direction of a person who is or has been so involved, or

(d)

is a member of, or associated with, a person who is or has been so involved.

(3)

Any reference in this regulation to being involved in a prohibited activity related to chemical weapons includes being so involved in whatever way and wherever any actions constituting the involvement take place, and in particular includes—

(a)

being responsible for, engaging in, providing support for, or promoting, a prohibited activity related to chemical weapons;

(b)

providing financial services, or making available funds or economic resources, that could contribute to a prohibited activity related to chemical weapons;

(c)

being involved in assisting the contravention or circumvention of any relevant provision.

(4)

In this regulation, “relevant provision” means—

(a)

any provision of Part 3 (Finance);

(b)

any provision of the law of a country other than the United Kingdom made for purposes corresponding to a purpose of any provision of Part 3 (Finance).

(5)

Nothing in any sub-paragraph of paragraph (3) is to be taken to limit the meaning of any of the other sub-paragraphs of that paragraph.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Reg. 6(1) omitted (18.4.2025) by virtue of The Sanctions (EU Exit) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/394), regs. 1(2), 12(4)(b)

F2

Words in reg. 6(2) substituted (18.4.2025) by The Sanctions (EU Exit) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/394), regs. 1(2), 12(4)(c)

F3

Reg. 6 heading substituted (18.4.2025) by The Sanctions (EU Exit) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/394), regs. 1(2), 12(4)(a)

Commencement

I1

Reg. 6 not in force at made date, see reg. 1(2)

I2

Reg. 6 in force at 23.3.2019 by S.I. 2019/627, reg. 14(1)(e)