{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/russia-sanctions-eu-exit-regulations-2019/regulation-59A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/russia-sanctions-eu-exit-regulations-2019/regulation-59A.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/59A",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "59A",
  "heading": "Exceptions relating to processing payments",
  "text": "(1) The prohibition in regulation 17A(2) (processing ... payments) does not apply to the processing of a ... payment for any fee or charge required to permit an aircraft to overfly, land in or take off from Russia.\n(2) The prohibition in regulation 17A(2) is not contravened by a transfer (or, if necessary, more than one transfer) of funds by C from account A to account B where—\n(a) neither account A nor account B are held in the name of a customer of C; and\n(b) both account A and account B are held within the United Kingdom; and\n(c) the transfer (or transfers) from account A to account B is (or are) carried out for the purpose of compliance with regulation 17A(2).\n(3) The prohibition in regulation 17A(2) (processing payments) is not contravened by—\n(a) a person making a required payment, or\n(b) a designated person making a reimbursement payment,\nto, from or via a respondent (within the meaning of regulation 17A(1)).\n(4) The reference in paragraph (3)(b) to a designated person is to be read as including a person who is owned or controlled directly or indirectly (within the meaning of regulation 7) by the designated person.\n(5) In paragraph (3)—\n“designated person” has the meaning given in regulation 58A(8);\n“person” is to be construed in accordance with regulation 58A(5);\n“reimbursement payment” has the meaning given in regulation 58A(8);\n“required payment” has the meaning given in regulation 58A(2).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Reg. 59A inserted (1.3.2022) by The Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/194), regs. 1(2), 10"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Reg. 59A renumbered as reg. 59A(1) (15.12.2023) by The Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1364), regs. 1(3), 8(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Word in reg. 59A(1) omitted (15.12.2023) by virtue of The Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1364), regs. 1(3), 8(4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Reg. 59A(2) inserted (15.12.2023) by The Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1364), regs. 1(3), 8(5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Reg. 59A(3)-(5) inserted (5.12.2024) by The Sanctions (EU Exit) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/1157), regs. 1(2), 15(7)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Reg. 59A heading substituted (15.12.2023) by The Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1364), regs. 1(3), 8(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2019/855/regulation/59A",
    "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."
}