Statutory Instruments
2022 No. 65
Sanctions
The Afghanistan (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) Regulations 2022
Made
25th January 2022
Laid before Parliament
27th January 2022
Coming into force
28th January 2022
Citation and commencement
1. —(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Afghanistan (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) Regulations 2022.
(2) These Regulations come into force on 28th January 2022.
Amendment of the Afghanistan (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020
2. —(1)The Afghanistan (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020( 3 ) are amended as follows.
(2) After regulation 25 (finance: exceptions from prohibitions), insert—
“ Finance: exception for humanitarian assistance and other activities
25A. —(1) The prohibitions in regulations 8 to 12 (asset-freeze etc.) are not contravened by a person (“ P ”) carrying out a relevant activity which is necessary—
(a) to ensure the timely delivery of humanitarian assistance in Afghanistan, or
(b) to carry out other activities that support basic human needs in Afghanistan,
provided that P believes that carrying out the relevant activity is so necessary and there is no reasonable cause for P to suspect otherwise.
(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1), “ relevant activity ” means any activity which would, in the absence of this regulation, contravene the prohibitions in regulations 8 to 12. ”
Ahmad
Minister of State
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
25th January 2022
The power to make regulations under Part 1 of the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018 (c. 13) is conferred on an “appropriate Minister”. Section 1(9)(a) of the Act defines an “appropriate Minister” as including the Secretary of State.
S.I. 2020/948 , amended by S.I. 2020/1397 .