Regulation 4 PurposesI1

United Kingdom

(1)

The purpose of the regulations contained in this instrument that are made under section 1 of the Act is compliance with the relevant UN obligations.

(2)

In this regulation, “the relevant UN obligations” means the obligations that the United Kingdom has by virtue of—

(a)

paragraph 6 of resolution 2653 (asset-freeze etc.), and

(b)

F1paragraph 2 of resolution 2752 (arms embargo etc.),

to take the measures required by those provisions in respect of persons^f1 for the time being named by the Security Council or the Committee for the purposes of those paragraphs.

F2(3)

A reference to the obligations that the United Kingdom has by virtue of paragraph 6 of resolution 2653 is to that provision as read with—

(a)

paragraph 15 of resolution 2653,

(b)

paragraph 3 of resolution 2700 and

(c)

paragraph 1 of resolution 2752.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words in reg. 4(2) substituted (23.7.2025) by The Haiti (Sanctions) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/786), regs. 1(2), 4(a)
F2: Reg. 4(3) substituted (23.7.2025) by The Haiti (Sanctions) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/786), regs. 1(2), 4(b)

Commencement

I1: Reg. 4 in force at 28.12.2022, see reg. 1(2)

Footnotes

f1: “Person” is defined by section 9(5) of the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018 to include (in addition to an individual and a body of persons corporate or unincorporate) any organisation and any association or combination of persons.