Regulation 34 Amendment of the Myanmar (Sanctions) Regulations 2021

(1)

The Myanmar (Sanctions) Regulations 2021^f1 are amended as follows.

(2)

After regulation 39 (circumventing etc. prohibitions), insert—

“Trade: end-use control

39A

(1)

This regulation applies where—

(a)

a United Kingdom person (“P”) has been informed by the Secretary of State that goods or any technology related to the export of the goods (or both) are or may be intended, in their entirety or in part, for export, transfer or use in Myanmar, or to a person connected with Myanmar, and

(b)

the goods or technology in question are subject to this Part and are not for the time being specified in—

(i)

Schedule 2 to the Export Control Order 2008; or

(ii)

Annex 1 of the Dual-Use Regulation.

(2)

Subject to Part 6 (Exceptions and licences), P shall not—

(a)

export the goods in question, or

(b)

transfer the technology in question.”

(3)

In regulation 51 (“relevant firm”), for “10,000 euros”, in each place it occurs, substitute “£10,000”.

(4)

Omit regulation 66 (trade offences in CEMA: modification of penalty).

(5)

In regulation 75 (notices)—

(a)

after paragraph (3) insert—

“(3A)

The notice may be given to the person by electronic means.”;

(b)

in paragraph (4) omit “, including by electronic means,”.

(6)

In Schedule 4 (Treasury licences: purposes)—

(a)

in paragraph 1 (interpretation), in sub-paragraph (1), in the definition of “frozen funds or economic resources”, omit the words from “, and” to the end;

(b)

for paragraph 9 (prior obligations), substitute—

“Prior obligations

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To enable the satisfaction of an obligation of a designated person (whether arising under a contract, other agreement or otherwise), provided that—

(a)

the obligation arose before the date on which the person became a designated person, and

(b)

no payments are made to another designated person, whether directly or indirectly.”

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: S.I. 2021/496; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2022/818 and S.I. 2024/1157.