# The Sanctions (EU Exit) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2024, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations are made under the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018 (c. 13) (“the Sanctions Act”).
These Regulations make amendments to number of sanctions regulations, which have been made under section 1 of the Sanctions Act.
These Regulations amend the following sanctions regulations to introduce a new power to designate persons for the purpose of disqualifying those persons from being a director of a company or directly or indirectly taking part in or being concerned in the promotion, formation or management of a company; namely—
the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/411),
the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/433),
the South Sudan (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/438),
the Iran (Sanctions) (Nuclear) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/461),
the Counter-Terrorism (International Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/573),
the Counter-Terrorism (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/577),
the Central African Republic (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations (S.I. 2020/616),
the Somalia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/642),
the Mali (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/705),
the Sudan (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/753),
the Yemen (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1278), and
the Libya (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1665).
The Regulations also amend the following sanctions regulations to make amendment to the provisions relating to the enforcement of trade sanctions, in particular as regards the application of enforcement provisions of the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979 (c. 2)—
the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019,
the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019,
the South Sudan (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019,
the ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida (United Nations Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/466),
the Central African Republic (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020,
the Iraq (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/707),
the Sudan (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020,
the Syria (United Nations Sanctions) (Cultural Property) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1233), and
the Libya (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020.
They also amend the Counter-Terrorism (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 to introduce immigration sanctions to that regime.
A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or public sector is foreseen. An impact assessment was, however, produced for the Sanctions Act and can be found at—
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/653271/Sanctions_and_Anti-Money_Laundering_Bill_Impact_Assessment_18102017.pdf

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2024/644/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/sanctions-eu-exit-miscellaneous-amendments-regulations-2024/note
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