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Regulation 2 InterpretationI1I2

United Kingdom

In these Regulations—

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

  • “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 M1;

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

  • “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 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;

  • “the EU Zimbabwe Regulation” means Council Regulation (EC) No 314/2004 of 19 February 2004, concerning restrictive measures in respect of Zimbabwe M2, as it has effect in EU law;

  • “the Government of Zimbabwe” includes its public bodies, corporations or agencies, or any person acting on its behalf or at its direction;

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

  • “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 (16.5.2024) by The Sanctions (EU Exit) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Revocations) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/643), regs. 1(2), 5(2)

Marginal citations

M1

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

M2

OJ L 055 24.2.2004, p1.

Commencement

I1

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

I2

Reg. 2 in force at 22.3.2019 by S.I. 2019/627, reg. 13(1)(b)