{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sudan-sanctions-eu-exit-regulations-2020/regulation-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sudan-sanctions-eu-exit-regulations-2020/regulation-6.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2020/753",
  "legislation_title": "The Sudan (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sudan-sanctions-eu-exit-regulations-2020",
  "path": "regulation/6",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Designation criteria: meaning of “involved person”",
  "text": "(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(2) For the purposes of regulation 5A (conditions for the designation of persons by name) an “involved person” means a person who—\n(a) is or has been involved in a relevant activity;\n(b) is owned or controlled directly or indirectly (within the meaning of regulation 7) by a person who is or has been so involved,\n(c) is acting on behalf of or at the direction of a person who is or has been so involved, or\n(d) is a member of, or associated with, a person who is or has been so involved.\n(3) In this regulation a “relevant activity” means—\n(a) the commission of a serious human rights violation or abuse, or a violation of international humanitarian law in Sudan including in particular in relation to—\n(i) rape and other forms of sexual and gender-based violence;\n(ii) violence against persons on the basis of their ethnicity or religious beliefs;\n(iii) the recruitment or use of children in armed conflict;\n(iv) deliberate targeting of civilians, schools and hospitals;\n(v) enforced or involuntary disappearances;\n(vi) the forced displacement of the civilian population;\n(vii) any of the rights referred to in regulation 4(2)(g);\n(b) an attack against, or obstruction of the activities of—\n(i) diplomatic personnel,\n(ii) the regional or international monitoring and peace-support missions and mechanisms mentioned in paragraphs (i) to (iii) of regulation 4(2)(d), or\n(iii) personnel undertaking humanitarian assistance activity,\nin Sudan;\n(c) obstruction of the delivery or distribution of, or access to, humanitarian assistance in Sudan;\n(d) being responsible for offensive military overflights in and over the Darfur region as described in paragraph 6 of resolution 1591;\n(e) the provision of support for armed groups or criminal networks in Sudan including through the illicit exploitation of any natural resources, wildlife or wildlife products;\n(f) any other action, policy or activity which threatens the peace, stability and security of Sudan, including acts that—\n(i) undermine efforts to resolve the armed conflicts or achieve stabilisation and reconciliation,\n(ii) threaten, impede or frustrate inclusive peace negotiations or transition to democratic, civilian-led government;\n(iii) obstruct or undermine respect for democracy, the rule of law and good governance, or\n(iv) incite violence,\nin Sudan.\n(4) Any reference in this regulation to being involved in a relevant activity includes being so involved in whatever way, and wherever, any actions constituting the involvement take place, and in particular includes—\n(a) being responsible for, engaging in, providing support for, or promoting, any such activity;\n(b) providing financial services, or making available funds or economic resources, that could contribute to any such activity;\n(c) being involved in the supply to Sudan of military goods or military technology or of material related to such goods or technology, or in providing financial services relating to such supply;\n(d) being involved in the supply to Sudan of goods or technology which could contribute to any such activity, or in providing financial services relating to such supply;\n(e) being involved in assisting the contravention or circumvention of any relevant provision.\n(5) In this regulation “relevant provision” means—\n(a) any provision of Part 3 (Finance) or Part 5 (Trade);\n(b) any provision of the law of a country other than the United Kingdom made for purposes corresponding to a purpose of any provision of Part 3 (Finance) or Part 5 (Trade);\n(c) any provision of resolutions 1556, 1591 and 2035.\n(6) Nothing in any sub-paragraph of paragraph (3) or (4) is to be taken to limit the meaning of any of the other sub-paragraphs of those paragraphs.\n(7) In this regulation, “military goods” and “military technology” have the meanings given by Part 5.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Reg. 6(1) omitted (18.4.2025) by virtue of The Sanctions (EU Exit) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/394), regs. 1(2), 23(4)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in reg. 6(2) substituted (18.4.2025) by The Sanctions (EU Exit) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/394), regs. 1(2), 23(4)(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Reg. 6 heading substituted (18.4.2025) by The Sanctions (EU Exit) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/394), regs. 1(2), 23(4)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 6 in force at 14.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1514, reg. 15(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/753/regulation/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:27:57.053340+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."
}