{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/russia-sanctions-eu-exit-regulations-2019/regulation-46Z16Q",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/russia-sanctions-eu-exit-regulations-2019/regulation-46Z16Q.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2019/855",
  "legislation_title": "The Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/russia-sanctions-eu-exit-regulations-2019",
  "path": "regulation/46Z16Q",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "46Z16Q",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In this Chapter—\n“diamonds” means any thing falling within—\n(a)the following commodity codes—\n(i)7102 10 (unsorted diamonds);\n(ii)7102 39 (non-industrial diamonds, other than unworked or simply sawn, cleaved or bruted); and\n(b)both commodity code ex 7102 31 and the description “non-industrial diamonds, simply sawn, cleaved or bruted”;\n“relevant day” means—\n(a)1st March 2024 in relation to any diamonds which are equal to or larger than 1 carat;\n(b)1st September 2024 in relation to any diamonds which are equal to or larger than 0.5 carats;\n“relevant processed diamonds” means diamonds which—\n(a)were mined in Russia; and\n(b)have been processed in a third country;\n“third country” means a country that is not the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man or Russia.\n(2) Paragraph 1 of Schedule 3 applies for the purposes of interpreting the definition of diamonds in paragraph (1).\n(3) For the purposes of this Chapter, diamonds are processed where they are—\n(a) altered;\n(b) transformed in any way; or\n(c) subjected to any other type of operation or process.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Pt. 5 Chs. 4H-4K inserted (21.7.2022) by The Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) (No. 14) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/850), regs. 1(2), 12"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Pt. 5 Ch. 4JC inserted (1.3.2024) by The Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/218), regs. 1(2), 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in reg. 46Z16Q substituted (24.4.2025) by The Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/504), regs. 1(2), 6 (with reg. 17)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2019/855/regulation/46Z16Q",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:41:25.449074+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."
}