Statutory Instruments
2022 No. 843
Overseas Territories
Sanctions
The Russia (Sanctions) (Overseas Territories) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2022
Made
19th July 2022
Coming into force
20th July 2022
At the Court at Windsor Castle, the 19th day of July 2022
Present,
The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council
Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred on Her by section 63(3)(c) and (4) of the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018( 1 ), is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to make the following Order:
Citation, commencement and extent
1. —(1) This Order may be cited as the Russia (Sanctions) (Overseas Territories) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2022 and comes into force on 20th July 2022.
(2) This Order extends to each British overseas territory listed in the Schedule.
Amendment of the Russia (Sanctions) (Overseas Territories) Order 2020
2.Schedule 2 (modifications to be made in the extension of the Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 to each British overseas territory listed in Schedule 1) to the Russia (Sanctions) (Overseas Territories) Order 2020( 2 ) is amended as set out in article 3.
3. After paragraph 26A insert—
“ 26B. In regulation 46B (luxury goods)—
(a) after paragraph (3) insert—
“ (3A) A person who contravenes the prohibition in paragraph (1) commits an offence, but it is a defence for a person charged with the offence of contravening paragraph (1) to show that the person did not know and had no reasonable cause to suspect that the export was to, or the goods were for use in, Russia. ” ;
(b) in paragraph (5), for “United Kingdom, the Isle of Man” substitute “Territory” .
26C. In regulation 46D (import of iron and steel products), at the end insert—
“ (4) A person who contravenes a prohibition in paragraph (1) or (2) commits an offence, but—
(a) it is a defence for a person charged with the offence of contravening paragraph (1) to show that the person did not know and had no reasonable cause to suspect that the products were consigned from Russia;
(b) it is a defence for a person charged with the offence of contravening paragraph (2) to show that the person did not know and had no reasonable cause to suspect that the products originated in Russia. ”
26D. In regulation 46F (supply and delivery of iron and steel products), in paragraph (4), for “United Kingdom, the Isle of Man” substitute “Territory” . ”
Richard Tilbrook
Clerk of the Privy Council
Article 1(2)
SCHEDULE British overseas territories
Anguilla
British Antarctic Territory
British Indian Ocean Territory
Cayman Islands
Falkland Islands
Montserrat
Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands
St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
The Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia in the Island of Cyprus
Turks and Caicos Islands
Virgin Islands
2018 c. 13 . Amendments have been made by the Sentencing Act 2020 (c. 17) and the Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act 2022 (c. 10) .
S.I. 2020/1571 , as amended by S.I. 2021/288 and S.I. 2022/453 . That instrument extends with modifications the Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 ( S.I. 2019/855 ) as amended from time to time to the British overseas territories named in Schedule 1 to that instrument.