UK Offence Report

The Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) (No. 5) Regulations 2022

UK Statutory Instrument 2022 No. 205 — creates 1 criminal offence.

1offences created
0recorded in force
0revoked
Made
1 March 2022
In force from
1 March 2022
Extent
Not stated
Subject
International sanctions, export control and trade restrictions
Made under
Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations) — published with the instrument by the department that made it. © Crown copyright, reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

These Regulations are made under the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018 (c. 13) to amend the Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/855) (“the 2019 Regulations”). The Regulations add new financial sanctions to Part 3 (Finance) of the 2019 Regulations. The amendments insert a restriction on the provision of financial services for the purposes of foreign exchange reserve and asset management involving the Central Bank of the Russian Federation, the National Wealth Fund of the Russian Federation, the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation, or persons owned or controlled by, or acting on behalf of, or at the direction of, the same. The Regulations insert licensing grounds relating to these new provisions. No impact assessment has been prepared for these Regulations. An impact assessment was, however, produced for the primary legislation and can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/sanctions-and-anti-money-laundering-bill-impact-assessment.

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What Parliament said about it

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How Parliament handled it

Both Houses had to approve this instrument before it could take effect, and did so.

Procedure
Made affirmative — both Houses had to approve it
Could either House amend it?
No. A statutory instrument is put to each House as a whole thing, to be approved or not. Neither House can change a word of it.

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