{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/global-human-rights-and-international-humanitarian-law-sanctions-regulations-2026/regulation-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/global-human-rights-and-international-humanitarian-law-sanctions-regulations-2026/regulation-5.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2026/1071",
  "legislation_title": "The Global Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law Sanctions Regulations 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/global-human-rights-and-international-humanitarian-law-sanctions-regulations-2026",
  "path": "regulation/5",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Power to designate persons",
  "text": "(1) The Secretary of State may designate persons by name for the purposes of any of the following—\n(a) regulations 14 to 18 (asset-freeze etc.);\n(b) regulation 20 (director disqualification sanctions);\n(c) regulation 21 (immigration).\n(2) The Secretary of State may designate persons by description for the purposes of any of the following—\n(a) regulations 14 to 18;\n(b) regulation 20;\n(c) regulation 21.\n(3) The Secretary of State may designate different persons for the purposes of different provisions mentioned in paragraph (1) or (2).\n(4) For the purposes of these Regulations, persons “designated under regulation 5” for the purpose of a particular regulation means—\n(a) persons who are designated by name under paragraph (1) for the purposes of that particular regulation, and\n(b) where the Secretary of State makes provision under paragraph (2) that persons of a specified description are designated persons for the purposes of that regulation, persons of that description.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 5 in force at 15.10.2026, see reg. 1(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/1071/regulation/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-05T03:41:38.050915+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."
}