Statutory Instruments
2020 No. 1416 (C. 39)
Exiting The European Union
Sanctions
The Counter-Terrorism (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Commencement) Regulations 2020
Made
3rd December 2020
The Treasury, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 56 of the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018( 1 ), make the following Regulations.
Citation
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Counter-Terrorism (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Commencement) Regulations 2020.
Commencement of the Counter-Terrorism (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
2. —(1) The following provisions of the Counter-Terrorism (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019( 2 ) come into force on 7th December 2020—
(a) regulation 1 (citation and commencement);
(b) regulation 2 (interpretation);
(c) regulation 4 (purposes);
(d) regulation 5 (power to designate persons);
(e) regulation 6 (designation criteria);
(f) regulation 7 (meaning of “owned or controlled directly or indirectly”);
(g) regulation 8 (notification and publicity where designation power used);
(h) the Schedule (rules for interpretation of regulation 7(2)).
(2) All other provisions of the Counter-Terrorism (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 not mentioned in paragraph (1) come into force on IP completion day ( 3 ).
James Morris
Maggie Throup
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
3rd December 2020
2018 c. 13 . Section 56(1) of the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018 (c. 13) provides for an appropriate Minister to appoint by regulations the day or days on which sanctions regulations made under section 1 of the Act come into force, if that Minister considers it is appropriate to do so in consequence of, or otherwise in connection with, the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the EU. Section 1(9)(b) of the Act defines “appropriate Minister” as including the Treasury.
)Schedule 1 to the Interpretation Act 1978 (c.30) provides that “IP completion day” has the same meaning as in the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020 (c.1) (see section 39(1) to (5) of that Act).