{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/counter-terrorism-sanctions-eu-exit-regulations-2019/regulation-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/counter-terrorism-sanctions-eu-exit-regulations-2019/regulation-4.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2019/577",
  "legislation_title": "The Counter-Terrorism (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/counter-terrorism-sanctions-eu-exit-regulations-2019",
  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Purposes",
  "text": "(1) The regulations contained in this instrument that are made under section 1 of the Act have the following purposes—\n(a) compliance with the relevant UN obligations, and\n(b) the additional purposes mentioned in paragraph (2).\n(2) Those additional purposes are—\n(a) the prevention of terrorism in the United Kingdom or elsewhere otherwise than by compliance with the relevant UN obligations; and\n(b) the interests of national security.\n(3) In this regulation, “the relevant UN obligations” means the obligations the United Kingdom has by virtue of paragraphs 1 and 2 of resolution 1373.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "Section 62(1) of the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018 defines “terrorism” as having the same meaning as in the Terrorism Act 2000 (c. 11) (see section 1(1) to (4) of that Act)."
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 4 in force at 7.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1416, reg. 2(1)(c)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2019/577/regulation/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:44:29.528177+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."
}