The Sanctions Regulations (EU Exit) (Commencement) Regulations 2020
S.I. 2020/1514 · Made 10 December 2020
Exiting The European Union
Sanctions
Made 10th December 2020
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 56 of the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018f1, makes the following Regulations:
Annotations to the whole text
Footnotes
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2018 c.13. The sanctions regulations commenced by this instrument provide that they shall come into force in accordance with regulations made under section 56 of the Act. Section 56(1) of the Act provides for an appropriate Minister to appoint by regulations the day or days on which sanctions regulations made under section 1 of the Act come into force, if that Minister considers it is appropriate to do so in consequence of, or otherwise in connection with, the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the EU. Section 1(9)(a) of the Act defines an “appropriate Minister” as including the Secretary of State.
Contents
- 1Citation
- 2Commencement of the Burundi (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
- 3Commencement of the Guinea (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
- 4Commencement of the Sanctions (EU Exit) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2020
- 5Commencement of the Sanctions (EU Exit) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2020
- 6Commencement of the Cyber (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020
- 7Commencement of the Bosnia and Herzegovina (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020
- 8Commencement of the Nicaragua (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020
- 9Commencement of the Lebanon (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020
- 10Commencement of the Central African Republic (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020
- 11Commencement of the Lebanon (Sanctions) (Assassination of Rafiq Hariri and others) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020
- 12Commencement of the Somalia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020
- 13Commencement of the Mali (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020
- 14Commencement of the Iraq (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020
- 15Commencement of the Sudan (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020
- 16Commencement of the Afghanistan (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020
- 17Commencement of the Sanctions (EU Exit) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 3) Regulations 2020
- 18Commencement of the Sanctions (EU Exit) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2020
- 19Commencement of the Syria (United Nations Sanctions) (Cultural Property) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020
- 20Commencement of the Yemen (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2020
- 21Commencement of the Sanctions (EU Exit) (Consequential Provisions) (Amendment) Regulations 2020
- 22Commencement of the Sanctions (EU Exit) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 5) Regulations 2020
- 23Commencement of the Misappropriation (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020
- 24Commencement of the Unauthorised Drilling Activities in the Eastern Mediterranean (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020
- Signature
- Explanatory note
1Citation
These Regulations may be cited as the Sanctions Regulations (EU Exit) (Commencement) Regulations 2020.
2Commencement of the Burundi (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
The following provisions of the Burundi (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019f1 come into force on 14th December 2020—
regulation 1 (citation and commencement);
regulation 2 (interpretation);
regulation 4 (purposes);
regulation 5 (power to designate persons);
regulation 6 (designation criteria);
regulation 7 (meaning of “owned or controlled directly or indirectly”);
regulation 8 (notification and publicity where designation power used);
Schedule 1 (rules for interpretation of regulation 7(2)).
All provisions of the Burundi (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 not mentioned in paragraph (1) come into force on IP completion dayf2.
3Commencement of the Guinea (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
The following provisions of the Guinea (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019f1 come into force on 14th December 2020—
regulation 1 (citation and commencement);
regulation 2 (interpretation);
regulation 4 (purposes);
regulation 5 (power to designate persons);
regulation 6 (designation criteria);
regulation 7 (meaning of “owned or controlled directly or indirectly”);
regulation 8 (notification and publicity where designation power used);
Schedule 1 (rules for interpretation of regulation 7(2)).
All provisions of the Guinea (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 not mentioned in paragraph (1) come into force on IP completion day.
4Commencement of the Sanctions (EU Exit) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2020
The Sanctions (EU Exit) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2020f1 come into force immediately after IP completion day.
5Commencement of the Sanctions (EU Exit) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2020
The Sanctions (EU Exit) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2020f1 come into force immediately after IP completion day.
6Commencement of the Cyber (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020
The following provisions of the Cyber (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020f1 come into force on 14th December 2020—
regulation 1 (citation and commencement);
regulation 2 (interpretation);
regulation 4 (purpose);
regulation 5 (power to designate persons);
regulation 6 (designation criteria);
regulation 7 (meaning of “owned or controlled directly or indirectly”);
regulation 8 (notification and publicity where designation power used);
Schedule 1 (rules for interpretation of regulation 7(2)).
All provisions of the Cyber (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 not mentioned in paragraph (1) come into force on IP completion day.
7Commencement of the Bosnia and Herzegovina (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020
The following provisions of the Bosnia and Herzegovina (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020f1 come into force on 14th December 2020—
regulation 1 (citation and commencement);
regulation 2 (interpretation);
regulation 4 (purposes);
regulation 5 (power to designate persons);
regulation 6 (designation criteria);
regulation 7 (meaning of “owned or controlled directly or indirectly”);
regulation 8 (notification and publicity where designation power used);
Schedule 1 (rules for interpretation of regulation 7(2)).
All provisions of the Bosnia and Herzegovina (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 not mentioned in paragraph (1) come into force on IP completion day.
8Commencement of the Nicaragua (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020
The following provisions of the Nicaragua (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020f1 come into force on 14th December 2020—
regulation 1 (citation and commencement);
regulation 2 (interpretation);
regulation 4 (purposes);
regulation 5 (power to designate persons);
regulation 6 (designation criteria);
regulation 7 (meaning of “owned or controlled directly or indirectly”);
regulation 8 (notification and publicity where designation power used);
Schedule 1 (rules for interpretation of regulation 7(2)).
All provisions of the Nicaragua (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 not mentioned in paragraph (1) come into force on IP completion day.
9Commencement of the Lebanon (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020
The Lebanon (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020f1 come into force on IP completion day.
10Commencement of the Central African Republic (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020
The following provisions of the Central African Republic (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020f1 come into force on 14th December 2020—
regulation 1 (citation and commencement);
regulation 2 (interpretation);
regulation 4 (purposes);
regulation 5 (power to designate persons);
regulation 6 (criteria for designating a person);
regulation 7 (meaning of “owned or controlled directly or indirectly”);
regulation 8 (notification and publicity where designation power used);
regulation 10 (designation of persons named by or under UN Security Council Resolutions);
regulation 19 (definition of “military goods” and “military technology”);
Schedule 1 (rules for interpretation of regulation 7(2)).
All provisions of the Central African Republic (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 not mentioned in paragraph (1) come into force on IP completion day.
11Commencement of the Lebanon (Sanctions) (Assassination of Rafiq Hariri and others) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020
The following provisions of the Lebanon (Sanctions) (Assassination of Rafiq Hariri and others) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020f1 come into force on 14th December 2020—
regulation 1 (citation and commencement);
regulation 2 (interpretation);
regulation 4 (purposes);
regulation 5 (designation of individual persons named under UN Security Council Resolutions).
All provisions of the Lebanon (Sanctions) (Assassination of Rafiq Hariri and others) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 not mentioned in paragraph (1) come into force on IP completion day.
12Commencement of the Somalia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020
The following provisions of the Somalia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020f1 come into force on 14th December 2020—
regulation 1 (citation and commencement);
regulation 2 (interpretation);
regulation 4 (purposes);
regulation 5 (power to designate persons);
regulation 6 (criteria for designating a person);
regulation 7 (meaning of “owned or controlled directly or indirectly”);
regulation 8 (notification and publicity where designation power used);
regulation 10 (designation of persons named by or under UN Security Council Resolutions);
regulation 19 (definitions relating to goods and technology prohibited under Part 5);
Schedule 1 (rules for interpretation of regulation 7(2)).
All provisions of the Somalia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 not mentioned in paragraph (1) come into force on IP completion day.
13Commencement of the Mali (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020
The following provisions of the Mali (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020f1 come into force on 14th December 2020—
regulation 1 (citation and commencement);
regulation 2 (interpretation);
regulation 4 (purposes);
regulation 5 (power to designate persons);
regulation 6 (designation criteria);
regulation 7 (meaning of “owned or controlled directly or indirectly”);
regulation 8 (notification and publicity where designation power used);
regulation 10 (designation of persons named by or under UN Security Council Resolutions);
Schedule 1 (rules for interpretation of regulation 7(2)).
All provisions of the Mali (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 not mentioned in paragraph (1) come into force on IP completion day.
14Commencement of the Iraq (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020
The following provisions of the Iraq (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020f1 come into force on 14th December 2020—
regulation 1 (citation and commencement);
regulation 2 (interpretation);
regulation 4 (purpose);
regulation 5 (designation of persons named by or under UN Security Council Resolutions).
All provisions of the Iraq (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 not mentioned in paragraph (1) come into force on IP completion day.
15Commencement of the Sudan (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020
The following provisions of the Sudan (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020f1 come into force on 14th December 2020—
regulation 1 (citation and commencement);
regulation 2 (interpretation);
regulation 4 (purposes);
regulation 5 (power to designate persons);
regulation 6 (criteria for designating a person);
regulation 7 (meaning of “owned or controlled directly or indirectly”);
regulation 8 (notification and publicity where designation power used);
regulation 10 (designation of persons named by or under UN Security Council Resolutions);
regulation 19 (definition of “military goods” and “military technology”);
Schedule 1 (rules for interpretation of regulation 7(2)).
All provisions of the Sudan (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 not mentioned in paragraph (1) come into force on IP completion day.
16Commencement of the Afghanistan (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020
The following provisions of the Afghanistan (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020f1 come into force on 14th December 2020—
regulation 1 (citation and commencement);
regulation 2 (interpretation);
regulation 4 (purposes);
regulation 5 (designation of persons named under UN Security Council Resolutions).
All provisions of the Afghanistan (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 not mentioned in paragraph (1) come into force on IP completion day.
17Commencement of the Sanctions (EU Exit) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 3) Regulations 2020
The Sanctions (EU Exit) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 3) Regulations 2020f1 come into force immediately after IP completion day.
18Commencement of the Sanctions (EU Exit) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2020
The Sanctions (EU Exit) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2020f1 come into force immediately after IP completion day.
19Commencement of the Syria (United Nations Sanctions) (Cultural Property) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020
The Syria (United Nations Sanctions) (Cultural Property) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020f1 come into force on IP completion day.
20Commencement of the Yemen (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2020
The following provisions of the Yemen (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2020f1 come into force on 14th December 2020—
regulation 1 (citation and commencement);
regulation 2 (interpretation);
regulation 4 (purpose);
regulation 5 (power to designate persons);
regulation 6 (criteria for designating a person);
regulation 7 (meaning of “owned or controlled directly or indirectly”);
regulation 8 (notification and publicity where designation power used);
regulation 10 (designation of persons named by or under UN Security Council Resolutions);
regulation 19 (interpretation of expressions used in this Part);
Schedule 1 (rules for interpretation of regulation 7(2)).
All provisions of the Yemen (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 not mentioned in paragraph (1) come into force on IP completion day.
21Commencement of the Sanctions (EU Exit) (Consequential Provisions) (Amendment) Regulations 2020
The Sanctions (EU Exit) (Consequential Provisions) (Amendment) Regulations 2020f1 come into force immediately after IP completion day.
22Commencement of the Sanctions (EU Exit) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 5) Regulations 2020
The Sanctions (EU Exit) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 5) Regulations 2020f1 come into force immediately after IP completion day.
23Commencement of the Misappropriation (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020
The following provisions of the Misappropriation (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020f1 come into force on 14th December 2020—
regulation 1 (citation and commencement);
regulation 2 (interpretation);
regulation 4 (purpose);
regulation 5 (power to designate persons);
regulation 6 (designation criteria);
regulation 7 (meaning of “owned or controlled directly or indirectly”);
regulation 8 (notification and publicity where designation power used);
Schedule 1 (rules for interpretation of regulation 7(2)).
All provisions of the Misappropriation (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 not mentioned in paragraph (1) come into force on IP completion day.
24Commencement of the Unauthorised Drilling Activities in the Eastern Mediterranean (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020
The following provisions of the Unauthorised Drilling Activities in the Eastern Mediterranean (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020f1 come into force on 14th December 2020—
regulation 1 (citation and commencement);
regulation 2 (interpretation);
regulation 4 (purpose);
regulation 5 (power to designate persons);
regulation 6 (designation criteria);
regulation 7 (meaning of “owned or controlled directly or indirectly”);
regulation 8 (notification and publicity where designation power used);
Schedule 1 (rules for interpretation of regulation 7(2)).
All provisions of the Unauthorised Drilling Activities in the Eastern Mediterranean (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 not mentioned in paragraph (1) come into force on IP completion day.
Signature
Ahmad
Minister of State
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
10th December 2020
Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations bring into force the provisions of certain regulations which have been made under Part 1 of the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018 (“the Act”).
In particular, these Regulations bring into force the sanctions regulations which have been made under section 1 of the Act to establish sanctions regimes in relation to certain countries or thematic issues (“regime regulations”). In accordance with the powers under section 56 of the Act, the Regulations provide that certain provisions of those regime regulations come into force on different days.
Where the regime regulations provide for the designation of persons, the provisions required for a person to be designated for the purposes of those regime regulations (whether by the Secretary of State or the United Nations Security Council and its Sanctions Committees) come into force on 14th December 2020; all other provisions in those regime regulations come into force on IP completion day.
Where the regime regulations do not provide for the designation of persons, their provisions come into force on IP completion day.
These Regulations also provide that a number of instruments which amend or make consequential provision in respect of the regime regulations come into force immediately after IP completion day.