UK Offence Report

The Haiti (Sanctions) (Amendment) Regulations 2025

UK Statutory Instrument 2025 No. 786 — creates 4 criminal offences.

4offences created
0recorded in force
0revoked
Made
1 July 2025
In force from
23 July 2025
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 Haiti (Sanctions) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2023/1281) (the “2022 Regulations”). These amendments are being made to ensure compliance with the UK's UN obligations, specifically to ensure changes made by UN Security Council Resolution 2752 (2024), adopted by the UN Security Council on 18th October 2024, are reflected. Regulation 4 of the 2022 Regulations is amended to include reference to the extension of the scope of the arms embargo by Resolution 2752 to include a broader range of arms and related materiel. Regulations 15, 16, 17, 36, 37, 48 and 49 of the 2022 Regulations are amended accordingly. Regulations 18 to 22 are inserted; these provisions reintroduce measures relevant to the broader arms embargo, which had previously been omitted by the Haiti (Sanctions) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1320) in consequence of the more limited arms embargo introduced by UN Security Council resolution 2699 (2023) adopted by the Security Council on 2nd October 2023, and resolution 2700 (2023) adopted by UN Security Council on 19th October 2023. The definition of “small arms, light weapons and ammunition” set out in Schedule 1A is omitted in consequence of the broader arms embargo. A full impact assessment has not been produced for these Regulations as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or public sector is foreseen. An Impact Assessment was, however, produced for the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018 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.

Offences created by this instrument

What Parliament said about it

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How Parliament handled it

This instrument became law without a debate or a vote. Under the negative procedure it took effect unless a motion to stop it succeeded, and none was tabled.

Procedure
Made negative — law unless a motion to stop it succeeded
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.

Procedural history

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