# The Global Human Rights Sanctions Regulations 2020 (revoked) S.I. 2020/680 · made 5 July 2020 · revised to 15 October 2026 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/global-human-rights-sanctions-regulations-2020-revoked/pdf/uksi_20200680_en.pdf; UK Explanatory Memorandum https://openlegislation.uk/global-human-rights-sanctions-regulations-2020-revoked/pdf/uksiem_20200680_en.pdf ## Introductory text Sanctions Approved by both Houses of ParliamentMade 5th July 2020 Laid before Parliament at 11.00 a.m. on 6th July 2020 Coming into force at 1.00 p.m. on 6th July 2020 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 1: General ## 1 Citation and commencement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Interpretation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Application of prohibitions and requirements outside the United Kingdom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Purposes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 2: Designation of persons ## 5 Power to designate persons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5A Conditions for the designation of persons by name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Designation criteria: meaning of “involved person” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Meaning of “owned or controlled directly or indirectly” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Notification and publicity where designation power used . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Confidential information in certain cases where designation power used . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 3: Finance ## 10 Meaning of “designated person” in Part 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Asset-freeze in relation to designated persons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Making funds available to designated persons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Making funds available for benefit of designated person . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Making economic resources available to designated persons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 Making economic resources available for benefit of designated persons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 Circumventing etc. prohibitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 3A: Director disqualification sanctions ## 16A Director disqualification sanctions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 4: Immigration ## 17 Immigration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 5: Exceptions and licences ## 18 Finance: exceptions from prohibitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 18A Finance: exception from prohibitions for required payments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 19 Exception for acts done for purposes of national security or prevention of serious crime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 20 Treasury licences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 20A Director disqualification licences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 20B Licences: general provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 21 Finance: exception for authorised conduct in a relevant country . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 22 Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 23 Finance: licensing offences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 23A Director disqualification: licensing offences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 24 Section 8B(1) to (3) of the Immigration Act 1971: directions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 6: Information and records ## 25 Finance: reporting obligations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 25A Finance: reporting obligations for required payments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 26 “Relevant firm” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 27 Finance: powers to request information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 28 Finance: production of documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 29 Finance: information offences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 30 Disclosure of information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 30A Finance: disclosure to the Treasury . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 31 Part 6: supplementary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 7: Enforcement ## 32 Penalties for offences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 33 Liability of officers of bodies corporate etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 34 Jurisdiction to try offences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 35 Procedure for offences by unincorporated bodies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 36 Time limit for proceedings for summary offences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 37 Application of Chapter 1 of Part 2 of the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Signature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 1: Rules for interpretation of regulation 7(2) ## 1 Application of Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Joint interests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Joint arrangements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Calculating shareholdings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Voting rights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Rights to appoint or remove members of the board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Shares or rights held “indirectly” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Shares held by nominees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Rights treated as held by person who controls their exercise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Rights exercisable only in certain circumstances etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Rights attached to shares held by way of security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 2: Treasury licences: purposes ## 1 Interpretation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Basic needs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Legal services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Maintenance of frozen funds and economic resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Extraordinary expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Judicial decisions etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Extraordinary situation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Prior obligations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Diplomatic missions etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Humanitarian assistance activity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Insolvency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Explanatory note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/680 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/global-human-rights-sanctions-regulations-2020-revoked Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.