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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—

    1. (a)

      the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996F5;

    2. (b)

      the Iran Freedom and Counter-Proliferation Act of 2012F6;

    3. (c)

      section 1245 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012F7;

    4. (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

    5. (e)

      the Iranian Transactions and Sanctions RegulationsF9.

  • 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

31 C.F.R. 560.

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.