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The Counter-Terrorism (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Commencement) Regulations 2020

S.I. 2020/1416 · Made 3 December 2020

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Exiting The European Union

Sanctions

Made 3rd December 2020

The Treasury, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 56 of the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018f1, make the following Regulations.

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Footnotes

f1

2018 c. 13. Section 56(1) of the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018 (c. 13) provides for an appropriate Minister to appoint by regulations the day or days on which sanctions regulations made under section 1 of the Act come into force, if that Minister considers it is appropriate to do so in consequence of, or otherwise in connection with, the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the EU. Section 1(9)(b) of the Act defines “appropriate Minister” as including the Treasury.

Contents

  1. 1Citation
  2. 2Commencement of the Counter-Terrorism (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation

These Regulations may be cited as the Counter-Terrorism (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Commencement) Regulations 2020.

2Commencement of the Counter-Terrorism (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

(1)

The following provisions of the Counter-Terrorism (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019f1 come into force on 7th December 2020—

(a)

regulation 1 (citation and commencement);

(b)

regulation 2 (interpretation);

(c)

regulation 4 (purposes);

(d)

regulation 5 (power to designate persons);

(e)

regulation 6 (designation criteria);

(f)

regulation 7 (meaning of “owned or controlled directly or indirectly”);

(g)

regulation 8 (notification and publicity where designation power used);

(h)

the Schedule (rules for interpretation of regulation 7(2)).

(2)

All other provisions of the Counter-Terrorism (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 not mentioned in paragraph (1) come into force on IP completion dayf2.

Signature

James Morris

Maggie Throup

Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury

3rd December 2020

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations bring into force the Counter-Terrorism (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/577) (“the Sanctions Regulations”) which have been made under section 1 of the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018 (c. 13) (“the Act”).

In accordance with the powers under section 56 of the Act, these Regulations provide that certain provisions of the Sanctions Regulations come into force on different days. The substantive provisions of the Sanctions Regulations, including prohibitions, requirements and criminal offences, come into force on IP completion day. The provisions required for a person to be designated for the purposes of the Sanctions Regulations come into force on 7th December 2020.