Regulation 2 InterpretationI1
United Kingdom
In these Regulations—
“the Act” means the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018;
“armed group backed by the Government of Iran” includes any armed group which—
- (a)
is being or has been armed, trained or funded by the Government of Iran,
- (b)
is taking or has taken direction from the Government of Iran, or
- (c)
is acting or has acted for the benefit of the Government of Iran;
- (a)
“arrangement” includes any agreement, understanding, scheme, transaction or series of transactions, whether or not legally enforceable (but see paragraph 12 of Schedule 1 for the meaning of that term in that Schedule);
“CEMA” means the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979f1;
“the Commissioners” means the Commissioners for His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs;
“conduct” includes acts and omissions;
“director disqualification licence” means a licence under regulation 61;
“document” includes information recorded in any form and, in relation to information recorded otherwise than in legible form, references to its production include producing a copy of the information in legible form;
“the Dual-Use Regulation” means Council Regulation (EC) No 428/2009 of 5 May 2009 setting up a Community regime for the control of exports, transfer, brokering and transit of dual-use items;
“the Government of Iran” includes its public bodies, corporations or agencies, its armed forces or any person acting on its behalf or at its direction;
“serious human rights violation or abuse” means a serious violation or abuse of any of the human rights specified in regulation 4;
F1“ships licence” means a licence issued by the Secretary of State under regulation 62B (ships licences);
“trade licence” means a licence under regulation 62;
“Treasury licence” means a licence under regulation 60(1);
“United Kingdom person” has the same meaning as in section 21 of the Act.
Annotations
Textual amendments
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Words in reg. 2 inserted (29.9.2026) by The Iran (Sanctions) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/983), regs. 1(2), 15
Commencement
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Reg. 2 in force at 14.12.2023, see reg. 1(2)
Footnotes
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1979 c. 2. Amendments have been made to this Act and are cited, where relevant, in respect of the applicable regulations.