{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/iran-sanctions-regulations-2023/regulation-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/iran-sanctions-regulations-2023/regulation-5.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2023/1314",
  "legislation_title": "The Iran (Sanctions) Regulations 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/iran-sanctions-regulations-2023",
  "path": "regulation/5",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Power to designate persons",
  "text": "(1) The Secretary of State may designate persons by name for the purposes of any of the following—\n(a) regulations 15 to 19 (asset-freeze etc.);\n(b) regulation 21 (director disqualification sanctions);\n(c) regulation 22 (immigration);\n(ca) regulation 43B (technical assistance relating to ships);\n(d) regulations 46 and 48 to 50 (ships: prohibition on port entry etc.).\n(2) The Secretary of State may provide that persons of a description specified by the Secretary of State are designated persons for the purposes of any of the following—\n(a) regulations 15 to 19 (asset-freeze etc.);\n(b) regulation 22 (immigration);\n(ba) regulation 43B (technical assistance relating to ships);\n(c) regulations 46 and 48 to 50 (ships: prohibition on port entry etc.).\n(3) The Secretary of State may designate different persons for the purposes of different provisions mentioned in paragraph (1) or (2).\n(4) For the purposes of these Regulations, persons “designated under regulation 5” for the purpose of a particular regulation means—\n(a) persons who are designated by name under paragraph (1) for the purposes of that particular regulation, and\n(b) where the Secretary of State makes provision under paragraph (2) that persons of a specified description are designated persons for the purposes of that particular regulation, persons of that description.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Reg. 5(1)(ca) inserted (29.9.2026) by The Iran (Sanctions) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/983), regs. 1(2), 17(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Reg. 5(2)(ba) inserted (29.9.2026) by The Iran (Sanctions) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/983), regs. 1(2), 17(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 5 in force at 14.12.2023, see reg. 1(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2023/1314/regulation/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:37:37.715143+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."
}