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The Sanctions (EU Exit) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Revocations) Regulations 2024

UK Statutory Instrument 2024 No. 643 — creates 14 criminal offences.

14offences created
0recorded in force
0revoked
Made
14 May 2024
In force from
16 May 2024
Extent
Not stated
Subject
International sanctions, export control and trade restrictions
Made under
Parliament under section 55(3) of the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018, S.I. 2023/1367, Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018, Schedule 1 to, the 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) (“the Sanctions Act”). The Regulations make amendments to a number of sanctions regulations which have been made under section 1 of the Sanctions Act. The Regulations amend the following sanctions regulations to introduce a new power to designate persons for the purpose of disqualifying those persons from being a director of a company or directly or indirectly taking part in or being concerned in the promotion, formation or management of a company; namely— the Venezuela (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/135), the Republic of Guinea-Bissau (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/554), the Republic of Belarus (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/600), the Zimbabwe (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/604), the Chemical Weapons (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/618), the Syria (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/792), the Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/855), the Guinea (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1145), the Cyber (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/597), the Bosnia and Herzegovina (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/608), the Nicaragua (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/610), the Global Human Rights Sanctions Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/680), the Unauthorised Drilling Activities in the Eastern Mediterranean (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1474) the Global Anti-Corruption Sanctions Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/488), and the Myanmar (Sanctions) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/496). The Regulations also amend provisions of the following sanctions regulations relating to the enforcement of trade sanctions, in particular as regards the application of enforcement provisions of the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979 (c. 2): the Venezuela (Sanctions) (Human Rights) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019, the Republic of Belarus (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019, the Zimbabwe (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019, the Syria (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019, the Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019, and the Myanmar (Sanctions) Regulations 2021. Regulation 4 also makes further amendments and corrections to the Republic of Belarus (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019: to introduce a new obligation for designated persons to report funds or economic resources which that person owns, holds or controls, and the location of those. This is supported by a new power for the Treasury to impose civil monetary penalties where a person commits an offence by refusing or failing to comply with that obligation, or knowingly or recklessly, giving false information, to introduce new trade prohibitions in relation to aluminium and certain critical-industry goods and critical-industry technology concerning: electronics, navigation and avionics, and aerospace and propulsion, to make minor corrections (see paragraph 6(b), (23) and (24)). These Regulations also revoke the Burundi (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1142). A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or public sector is foreseen. An impact assessment was, however, produced for the Sanctions Act and can be found at: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/653271/Sanctions_and_Anti-Money_Laundering_Bill_Impact_Assessment_18102017.pdf A paper copy of the impact assessment may be obtained in writing from the offices of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, King Charles Street, London SW1A 2AH.

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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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