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Regulation 2 InterpretationI1I2

United Kingdom

In these Regulations—

  • “the Act” means the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018;

  • “ARCSS” means the Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in the Republic of South Sudan done at Addis Ababa on 17 August 2015 M1;

  • “arrangement” includes any agreement, understanding, scheme, transaction or series of transactions, whether or not legally enforceable (but see paragraph 12 of Schedule 1 for the meaning of that term in that Schedule);

  • “CEMA” means the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979 M2;

  • “the Commissioners” means the Commissioners for Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs;

  • “the Committee” means the Committee of the Security Council established in accordance with paragraph 16 of resolution 2206;

  • “conduct” includes acts and omissions;

  • F1“director disqualification licence” means a licence under regulation 33A;

  • “document” includes information recorded in any form and, in relation to information recorded otherwise than in legible form, references to its production include producing a copy of the information in legible form;

  • “the EU South Sudan Regulation” means Council Regulation (EU) No 2015/735 of 7 May 2015, concerning restrictive measures in respect of the situation in South Sudan, and repealing Regulation (EU) No 748/2014 M3, as it has effect in EU law;

  • “resolution 2206” means resolution 2206 (2015) adopted by the Security Council on 3 March 2015;

  • “resolution 2290” means resolution 2290 (2016) adopted by the Security Council on 31 May 2016;

  • “resolution 2428” means resolution 2428 (2018) adopted by the Security Council on 13 July 2018;

  • “R-ARCSS” means the Revitalised Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in the Republic of South Sudan done at Addis Ababa on 12 September 2018 M4;

  • “serious human rights violation or abuse” means a serious violation or abuse of any of the human rights specified in regulation 4(2)(f);

  • “trade licence” means a licence under regulation 34;

  • “Treasury licence” means a licence under regulation 33(1);

  • “United Kingdom person” has the same meaning as in section 21 of the Act.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Words in reg. 2 inserted (5.6.2024) by The Sanctions (EU Exit) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/644), regs. 1(2), 4(2)

Marginal citations

M1

A copy of the text of the Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in the Republic of South Sudan is available online at https://peacemaker.un.org/node/2676.

M2

1979 c.2. Amendments have been made to this Act and are cited, where relevant, in respect of the applicable regulations.

M3

OJ L 117 8.5.2015, p.13.

M4

A copy of the text of the Revitalised Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in the Republic of South Sudan is available online at https://www.jmecsouthsudan.com/index.php/arcss-2015/igad-hlrf-agreement.

Commencement

I1

Reg. 2 not in force at made date, see reg. 1(2)

I2

Reg. 2 in force at 25.3.2019 by S.I. 2019/627, reg. 6(1)(b)