# The Global Irregular Migration and Trafficking in Persons Sanctions (Overseas Territories) Order 2025, Paragraph 3

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

In regulation 2 (interpretation)—
(a) the existing text becomes paragraph (1);
(b) in that paragraph—
(i) in the appropriate places, insert the following definitions—
“authorised officer” means, in relation to the Territory—
a member of His Majesty’s forces in the Territory,
a police or customs officer of the Territory,
a person authorised by the Governor for the purposes of exercising, whether generally or in a particular case, any power conferred by—
regulation 36 (finance: powers to request information),
regulation 37 (finance: production of documents),
regulation 39 (disclosure of information), ...
regulation 40 (finance: disclosure to the Governor), or
regulation 41A (search warrants), or
any person acting under the authority of a person falling within any of paragraphs (a) to (c);
;“financial sanctions licence” means, in relation to the Territory, a licence issued by the Governor under regulation 26(1);
;“the Governor” is to be read in accordance with regulation 4A;
;“His Majesty’s forces” does not include a force of any country, other than the United Kingdom, that is a member of the Commonwealth.
;
(ii) omit the definitions of “Treasury licence” and “United Kingdom person”;
(c) after that paragraph insert—
(2) In the application of these Regulations to a particular British overseas territory, the expression “the Territory” means that territory.
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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2025/1092/schedule/2/paragraph/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/global-irregular-migration-and-trafficking-in-persons-sanctions-overseas-territories-order-2025/schedule-2/paragraph-3/enacted
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