Regulation 2 InterpretationF1
United Kingdom
In these Regulations—
“the Helms-Burton Act” means the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996F2;
“F3the United States sanctions laws relating to Iran” means the laws of the United States of America specified in the Annex to Council Regulation (EC) No 2271/96 of 22 November 1996 protecting against the effects of the extra-territorial application of legislation adopted by a third country, and actions based thereon or resulting therefromF4 that relate to Iran as follows—
- (a)
the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996F5;
- (b)
the Iran Freedom and Counter-Proliferation Act of 2012F6;
- (c)
section 1245 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012F7;
- (d)
section 2 and Titles I to VI of the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 to the extent it relates to IranF8; and
- (e)
the Iranian Transactions and Sanctions RegulationsF9.
- (a)
F10“the United States Cuban Assets Control Regulations” means the Cuban Assets Control RegulationsF11 of the United States of America specified in the Annex to Council Regulation (EC) No 2271/96 of 22 November 1996 protecting against the effects of the extra-territorial application of legislation adopted by a third country, and actions based thereon or resulting therefrom;
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Reg. 2 substituted (10.5.2022 at 9.35 a.m.) by The Protection of Trading Interests (Authorisation) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/545), reg. 3
- F2
22 U.S.C. §§ 6021-6091.
- F3
Words in reg. 2 substituted (27.7.2022 at 9:00 a.m.) by The Protection of Trading Interests (Authorisation) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/873), reg. 3(b)
- F4
EUR 1996/2271, amended by S.I. 2020/1660.
- F5
50 U.S.C. § 1701.
- F6
22 U.S.C. §§ 8801-8811.
- F7
22 U.S.C. § 8513a.
- F8
22 U.S.C. §§ 8701-8785.
- F9
- F10
Words in reg. 2 inserted (27.7.2022 at 9:00 a.m.) by The Protection of Trading Interests (Authorisation) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/873), reg. 3(a)
- F11
31 C.F.R 515.