{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/iran-sanctions-amendment-regulations-2024/regulation-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/iran-sanctions-amendment-regulations-2024/regulation-5.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2024/944",
  "legislation_title": "The Iran (Sanctions) (Amendment) Regulations 2024",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/iran-sanctions-amendment-regulations-2024",
  "path": "regulation/5",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Insertion of regulation 56A (trade: exceptions in relation to personal effects etc.)",
  "text": "After regulation 56 (trade: exception for emergencies in certain cases), insert—\n“Trade: exceptions in relation to personal effects etc.\n56A (1) The prohibitions in regulations 37(1) (export of goods of strategic concern), 38(1) (supply and delivery of goods of strategic concern), 39(1) (making goods of strategic concern and technology of strategic concern available), 40(1) (transfer of technology of strategic concern), 41(1) (technical assistance relating to goods of strategic concern and technology of strategic concern), 42(1) to (3) (financial services and funds relating to goods of strategic concern and technology of strategic concern), and 43(1) (brokering services: non-UK activity relating to goods of strategic concern and technology of strategic concern) are not contravened by a relevant activity in relation to any goods of strategic concern or technology of strategic concern which are—\n(a) the personal effects of a person travelling to Iran,\n(b) of a non-commercial nature for the personal use of a person travelling to Iran and contained in that person’s luggage, or\n(c) necessary for the official purposes of a diplomatic mission or consular post in Iran, or of an international organisation enjoying immunities in accordance with international law.\n(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1)—\n“consular post” has the same meaning as in the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations done at Vienna on 24 April 1963, and any reference to the functions of a consular post is to be read in accordance with that Convention;\n“diplomatic mission”, and any reference to the functions of a diplomatic mission, is to be read in accordance with the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations done at Vienna on 18 April 1961;\n“goods of strategic concern” has the meaning given in regulation 36 (interpretation);\n“relevant activity” means any activity which would, in the absence of this regulation, contravene the prohibitions specified in paragraph (1);\n“technology of strategic concern” has the meaning given in regulation 36 (interpretation).”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "United Nations Treaty Series, vol. 596, p.261."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "United Nations Treaty Series, vol. 500, p.95."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2024/944/regulation/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:26:34.861664+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."
}