Statutory Instruments
2020 No. 1514 (C. 42)
Exiting The European Union
Sanctions
The Sanctions Regulations (EU Exit) (Commencement) Regulations 2020
Made
10th December 2020
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 56 of the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018( 1 ), makes the following Regulations:
Citation
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Sanctions Regulations (EU Exit) (Commencement) Regulations 2020.
Commencement of the Burundi (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
2. β(1) The following provisions of the Burundi (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019( 2 ) come into force on 14th December 2020β
(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 βowned or controlled directly or indirectlyβ);
(g) regulation 8 (notification and publicity where designation power used);
(h) Schedule 1 (rules for interpretation of regulation 7(2)).
(2) All provisions of the Burundi (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 not mentioned in paragraph (1) come into force on IP completion day( 3 ).
Commencement of the Guinea (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
3. β(1) The following provisions of the Guinea (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019( 4 ) come into force on 14th December 2020β
(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 βowned or controlled directly or indirectlyβ);
(g) regulation 8 (notification and publicity where designation power used);
(h) Schedule 1 (rules for interpretation of regulation 7(2)).
(2) All provisions of the Guinea (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 not mentioned in paragraph (1) come into force on IP completion day.
Commencement of the Sanctions (EU Exit) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2020
4.The Sanctions (EU Exit) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2020( 5 ) come into force immediately after IP completion day.
Commencement of the Sanctions (EU Exit) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2020
5.The Sanctions (EU Exit) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2020( 6 ) come into force immediately after IP completion day.
Commencement of the Cyber (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020
6. β(1) The following provisions of the Cyber (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020( 7 ) come into force on 14th December 2020β
(a) regulation 1 (citation and commencement);
(b) regulation 2 (interpretation);
(c) regulation 4 (purpose);
(d) regulation 5 (power to designate persons);
(e) regulation 6 (designation criteria);
(f) regulation 7 (meaning of βowned or controlled directly or indirectlyβ);
(g) regulation 8 (notification and publicity where designation power used);
(h) Schedule 1 (rules for interpretation of regulation 7(2)).
(2) All provisions of the Cyber (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 not mentioned in paragraph (1) come into force on IP completion day.
Commencement of the Bosnia and Herzegovina (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020
7. β(1) The following provisions of the Bosnia and Herzegovina (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020( 8 ) come into force on 14th December 2020β
(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 βowned or controlled directly or indirectlyβ);
(g) regulation 8 (notification and publicity where designation power used);
(h) Schedule 1 (rules for interpretation of regulation 7(2)).
(2) All provisions of the Bosnia and Herzegovina (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 not mentioned in paragraph (1) come into force on IP completion day.
Commencement of the Nicaragua (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020
8. β(1) The following provisions of the Nicaragua (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020( 9 ) come into force on 14th December 2020β
(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 βowned or controlled directly or indirectlyβ);
(g) regulation 8 (notification and publicity where designation power used);
(h) Schedule 1 (rules for interpretation of regulation 7(2)).
(2) All provisions of the Nicaragua (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 not mentioned in paragraph (1) come into force on IP completion day.
Commencement of the Lebanon (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020
9.The Lebanon (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020( 10 ) come into force on IP completion day.
Commencement of the Central African Republic (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020
10. β(1) The following provisions of the Central African Republic (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020( 11 ) come into force on 14th December 2020β
(a) regulation 1 (citation and commencement);
(b) regulation 2 (interpretation);
(c) regulation 4 (purposes);
(d) regulation 5 (power to designate persons);
(e) regulation 6 (criteria for designating a person);
(f) regulation 7 (meaning of βowned or controlled directly or indirectlyβ);
(g) regulation 8 (notification and publicity where designation power used);
(h) regulation 10 (designation of persons named by or under UN Security Council Resolutions);
(i) regulation 19 (definition of βmilitary goodsβ and βmilitary technologyβ);
(j) Schedule 1 (rules for interpretation of regulation 7(2)).
(2) All provisions of the Central African Republic (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 not mentioned in paragraph (1) come into force on IP completion day.
Commencement of the Lebanon (Sanctions) (Assassination of Rafiq Hariri and others) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020
11. β(1) The following provisions of the Lebanon (Sanctions) (Assassination of Rafiq Hariri and others) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020( 12 ) come into force on 14th December 2020β
(a) regulation 1 (citation and commencement);
(b) regulation 2 (interpretation);
(c) regulation 4 (purposes);
(d) regulation 5 (designation of individual persons named under UN Security Council Resolutions).
(2) All provisions of the Lebanon (Sanctions) (Assassination of Rafiq Hariri and others) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 not mentioned in paragraph (1) come into force on IP completion day.
Commencement of the Somalia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020
12. β(1) The following provisions of the Somalia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020( 13 ) come into force on 14th December 2020β
(a) regulation 1 (citation and commencement);
(b) regulation 2 (interpretation);
(c) regulation 4 (purposes);
(d) regulation 5 (power to designate persons);
(e) regulation 6 (criteria for designating a person);
(f) regulation 7 (meaning of βowned or controlled directly or indirectlyβ);
(g) regulation 8 (notification and publicity where designation power used);
(h) regulation 10 (designation of persons named by or under UN Security Council Resolutions);
(i) regulation 19 (definitions relating to goods and technology prohibited under Part 5);
(j) Schedule 1 (rules for interpretation of regulation 7(2)).
(2) All provisions of the Somalia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 not mentioned in paragraph (1) come into force on IP completion day.
Commencement of the Mali (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020
13. β(1) The following provisions of the Mali (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020( 14 ) come into force on 14th December 2020β
(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 βowned or controlled directly or indirectlyβ);
(g) regulation 8 (notification and publicity where designation power used);
(h) regulation 10 (designation of persons named by or under UN Security Council Resolutions);
(i) Schedule 1 (rules for interpretation of regulation 7(2)).
(2) All provisions of the Mali (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 not mentioned in paragraph (1) come into force on IP completion day.
Commencement of the Iraq (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020
14. β(1) The following provisions of the Iraq (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020( 15 ) come into force on 14th December 2020β
(a) regulation 1 (citation and commencement);
(b) regulation 2 (interpretation);
(c) regulation 4 (purpose);
(d) regulation 5 (designation of persons named by or under UN Security Council Resolutions).
(2) All provisions of the Iraq (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 not mentioned in paragraph (1) come into force on IP completion day.
Commencement of the Sudan (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020
15. β(1) The following provisions of the Sudan (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020( 16 ) come into force on 14th December 2020β
(a) regulation 1 (citation and commencement);
(b) regulation 2 (interpretation);
(c) regulation 4 (purposes);
(d) regulation 5 (power to designate persons);
(e) regulation 6 (criteria for designating a person);
(f) regulation 7 (meaning of βowned or controlled directly or indirectlyβ);
(g) regulation 8 (notification and publicity where designation power used);
(h) regulation 10 (designation of persons named by or under UN Security Council Resolutions);
(i) regulation 19 (definition of βmilitary goodsβ and βmilitary technologyβ);
(j) Schedule 1 (rules for interpretation of regulation 7(2)).
(2) All provisions of the Sudan (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 not mentioned in paragraph (1) come into force on IP completion day.
Commencement of the Afghanistan (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020
16. β(1) The following provisions of the Afghanistan (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020( 17 ) come into force on 14th December 2020β
(a) regulation 1 (citation and commencement);
(b) regulation 2 (interpretation);
(c) regulation 4 (purposes);
(d) regulation 5 (designation of persons named under UN Security Council Resolutions).
(2) All provisions of the Afghanistan (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 not mentioned in paragraph (1) come into force on IP completion day.
Commencement of the Sanctions (EU Exit) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 3) Regulations 2020
17.The Sanctions (EU Exit) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 3) Regulations 2020( 18 ) come into force immediately after IP completion day.
Commencement of the Sanctions (EU Exit) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2020
18.The Sanctions (EU Exit) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2020( 19 ) come into force immediately after IP completion day.
Commencement of the Syria (United Nations Sanctions) (Cultural Property) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020
19.The Syria (United Nations Sanctions) (Cultural Property) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020( 20 ) come into force on IP completion day.
Commencement of the Yemen (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2020
20. β(1) The following provisions of the Yemen (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2020( 21 ) come into force on 14th December 2020β
(a) regulation 1 (citation and commencement);
(b) regulation 2 (interpretation);
(c) regulation 4 (purpose);
(d) regulation 5 (power to designate persons);
(e) regulation 6 (criteria for designating a person);
(f) regulation 7 (meaning of βowned or controlled directly or indirectlyβ);
(g) regulation 8 (notification and publicity where designation power used);
(h) regulation 10 (designation of persons named by or under UN Security Council Resolutions);
(i) regulation 19 (interpretation of expressions used in this Part);
(j) Schedule 1 (rules for interpretation of regulation 7(2)).
(2) All provisions of the Yemen (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 not mentioned in paragraph (1) come into force on IP completion day.
Commencement of the Sanctions (EU Exit) (Consequential Provisions) (Amendment) Regulations 2020
21.The Sanctions (EU Exit) (Consequential Provisions) (Amendment) Regulations 2020( 22 ) come into force immediately after IP completion day.
Commencement of the Sanctions (EU Exit) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 5) Regulations 2020
22.The Sanctions (EU Exit) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 5) Regulations 2020( 23 ) come into force immediately after IP completion day.
Commencement of the Misappropriation (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020
23. β(1) The following provisions of the Misappropriation (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020( 24 ) come into force on 14th December 2020β
(a) regulation 1 (citation and commencement);
(b) regulation 2 (interpretation);
(c) regulation 4 (purpose);
(d) regulation 5 (power to designate persons);
(e) regulation 6 (designation criteria);
(f) regulation 7 (meaning of βowned or controlled directly or indirectlyβ);
(g) regulation 8 (notification and publicity where designation power used);
(h) Schedule 1 (rules for interpretation of regulation 7(2)).
(2) All provisions of the Misappropriation (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 not mentioned in paragraph (1) come into force on IP completion day.
Commencement of the Unauthorised Drilling Activities in the Eastern Mediterranean (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020
24. β(1) The following provisions of the Unauthorised Drilling Activities in the Eastern Mediterranean (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020( 25 ) come into force on 14th December 2020β
(a) regulation 1 (citation and commencement);
(b) regulation 2 (interpretation);
(c) regulation 4 (purpose);
(d) regulation 5 (power to designate persons);
(e) regulation 6 (designation criteria);
(f) regulation 7 (meaning of βowned or controlled directly or indirectlyβ);
(g) regulation 8 (notification and publicity where designation power used);
(h) Schedule 1 (rules for interpretation of regulation 7(2)).
(2) All provisions of the Unauthorised Drilling Activities in the Eastern Mediterranean (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 not mentioned in paragraph (1) come into force on IP completion day.
Ahmad
Minister of State
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
10th December 2020
2018 c.13 . The sanctions regulations commenced by this instrument provide that they shall come into force in accordance with regulations made under section 56 of the Act. Section 56(1) of the Act 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)(a) of the Act defines an βappropriate Ministerβ as including the Secretary of State.
S.I. 2019/1142 , prospectively amended by S.I. 2020/590 and S.I. 2020/951 .
Schedule 1 to the Interpretation Act 1978 (c.30) provides that βIP completion dayβ has the same meaning as in the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020 (c.1) (see section 39(1) to (5) of that Act).
S.I. 2019/1145 , prospectively amended by S.I. 2020/590 and S.I. 2020/951 .
S.I. 2020/597 , prospectively amended by S.I. 2020/951 .
S.I. 2020/608 , prospectively amended by S.I. 2020/951 .
S.I. 2020/610 , prospectively amended by S.I. 2020/951 .
S.I. 2020/612 , prospectively amended by S.I. 2020/950 .
S.I. 2020/616 , prospectively amended by S.I. 2020/950 .
S.I. 2020/617 , prospectively amended by S.I. 2020/950 .
S.I. 2020/642 , prospectively amended by S.I. 2020/950 .
S.I. 2020/705 , prospectively amended by S.I. 2020/1397 .
S.I. 2020/948 , prospectively amended by S.I. 2020/1397 .