{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/venezuela-sanctions-eu-exit-regulations-2019/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/venezuela-sanctions-eu-exit-regulations-2019/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2019/135",
  "legislation_title": "The Venezuela (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/venezuela-sanctions-eu-exit-regulations-2019",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In these Regulations—\n“the Act” means the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018;\n“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);\n“CEMA” means the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979 ;\n“the Commissioners” means the Commissioners for Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs;\n“conduct” includes acts and omissions;\n“director disqualification licence” means a licence under regulation 35A;\n“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;\n“the Dual-Use Regulation” means Council Regulation (EC) No 428/2009 of 5 May 2009 setting up a Community regime for the control of exports, transfer, brokering and transit of dual-use items;\n“the EU Venezuela Regulation” means Council Regulation (EU) No 2063/2017 of 13 November 2017 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Venezuela , as it has effect in EU law;\n“the Government of Venezuela” includes its public bodies, corporations or agencies, or any person acting on its behalf or at its direction;\n“serious human rights violation or abuse” means a serious violation or abuse of any of the human rights specified in regulation 4(d);\n“trade licence” means a licence under regulation 36;\n“Treasury licence” means a licence under regulation 35(1);\n“United Kingdom person” has the same meaning as in section 21 of the Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2 inserted (16.5.2024) by The Sanctions (EU Exit) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Revocations) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/643), regs. 1(2), 2(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1979 c.2. Amendments have been made to this Act and are cited, where relevant, in respect of the applicable regulations."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "OJ L 295 14.11.2017, p. 21."
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 2 in force at 22.3.2019 by S.I. 2019/627, reg. 3(1)(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2019/135/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:48:25.826996+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."
}