{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/libya-sanctions-eu-exit-regulations-2020/regulation-87",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/libya-sanctions-eu-exit-regulations-2020/regulation-87.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/87",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "87",
  "heading": "Transitional provision: trade licences",
  "text": "(1) Paragraph (2) applies in relation to each licence or authorisation granted by the Secretary of State which—\n(a) was in effect immediately before IP completion day, and\n(b) authorises an act—\n(i) which would otherwise be prohibited by any provision of the Export Control Order 2008 except article 20 of that Order (embargoed destinations), and\n(ii) which would (on and after IP completion day, and in the absence of paragraph (2)) be prohibited by Part 5 (Trade),\nand such a licence or authorisation is referred to in this regulation as an “existing trade licence”.\n(2) A licence is deemed to have been issued by the Secretary of State on IP completion day under regulation 49 (trade licences)—\n(a) disapplying every provision of Part 5 which would, in the absence of this paragraph, prohibit any act authorised by the existing trade licence, and\n(b) otherwise in the same terms as the existing trade licence.\n(3) Paragraphs (4) to (6) apply to a licence or authorisation granted by the Secretary of State which—\n(a) was in effect immediately before IP completion day,\n(b) is not an existing trade licence, and\n(c) authorises an act—\n(i) which would otherwise be prohibited by the EU Libya Regulation, and\n(ii) which would (on and after IP completion day, and in the absence of paragraphs (4) to (6)) be prohibited by Part 5,\nand such a licence or authorisation is referred to in this regulation as “an existing trade sanctions licence”.\n(4) An existing trade sanctions licence has effect on and after IP completion day as if it were a licence which had been issued by the Secretary of State under regulation 49.\n(5) Any reference in an existing trade sanctions licence to a provision of the Export Control (Libya Sanctions) Order 2016 or the Export Control Order 2008 is to be treated on and after IP completion day as a reference to the corresponding provision of these Regulations (if any).\n(6) Any reference in an existing trade sanctions licence to a prohibition in the EU Libya Regulation is to be treated on and after IP completion day as a reference to the corresponding prohibition in Part 5.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 87 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/87",
    "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."
}