# The Iran (Sanctions) Regulations 2023, Regulation 2: Interpretation

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

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;
“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 1979;
“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;
“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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2023/1314/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/iran-sanctions-regulations-2023/regulation-2
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