{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/libya-sanctions-eu-exit-regulations-2020/regulation-47",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/libya-sanctions-eu-exit-regulations-2020/regulation-47.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2020/1665",
  "legislation_title": "The Libya (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/libya-sanctions-eu-exit-regulations-2020",
  "path": "regulation/47",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "47",
  "heading": "Exception for acts done for purposes of national security or prevention of serious crime",
  "text": "(1) Where an act would, in the absence of this paragraph, be prohibited by the prohibition in regulation 9(2) (confidentiality) or any prohibition in Part 3 (Finance), Part 5 (Trade), Part 6 (UN designated ships) or Part 7 (Aircraft), that prohibition does not apply to the act if the act is one which a responsible officer has determined would be in the interests of—\n(a) national security, or\n(b) the prevention or detection of serious crime in the United Kingdom or elsewhere.\n(2) Where, in the absence of this paragraph, a thing would be required to be done under or by virtue of a provision of Part 7, Part 9 (Information and records) or Part 11 (Maritime enforcement), that requirement does not apply if a responsible officer has determined that not doing the thing in question would be in the interests of—\n(a) national security, or\n(b) the prevention or detection of serious crime in the United Kingdom or elsewhere.\n(3) In this regulation “responsible officer” means a person in the service of the Crown or holding office under the Crown, acting in the course of that person's duty.\n(4) Nothing in this regulation affects the application of a prohibition or requirement in a case where it would be incompatible with a UN obligation for the prohibition or requirement not to apply.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 47 in force at 31.12.2020 on IP completion day, see reg. 1(3)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/1665/regulation/47",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:18:56.007368+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."
}