The Republic of Belarus (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

Interpretation U.K.

2.— [F1 (1)  In these Regulations—

“the Act” means the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018;

[F2 “the Amendment Regulations 2021” means the Republic of Belarus (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) Regulations 2021;]

[F3 “the Amendment Regulations 2022” means the Republic of Belarus (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) Regulations 2022;]

[F3 “aircraft licence” means a licence under regulation 33A;]

“arrangement” includes any agreement, understanding, scheme, transaction or series of transactions, whether or not legally enforceable (but see paragraph 12 of Schedule 1 for the meaning of that term in that Schedule);

“Belarus” means the Republic of Belarus;

“CEMA” means the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979 M1 ;

“the Commissioners” means the Commissioners for Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs;

“conduct” includes acts and omissions;

[F4 “consular post” has the same meaning as in the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations done at Vienna on 24 April 1963, and any reference to the functions of a consular post is to be read in accordance with that Convention;

“diplomatic mission”, and any reference to the functions of a diplomatic mission, are to be read in accordance with the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations done at Vienna on 18 April 1961;]

[F5 “director disqualification licence” means a licence under regulation 32A;]

“document” includes information recorded in any form and, in relation to information recorded otherwise than in legible form, references to its production include producing a copy of the information in legible form;

“the Dual-Use Regulation” means Council Regulation (EC) No 428/2009 of 5 May 2009 setting up a Community regime for the control of exports, transfer, brokering and transit of dual-use items;

“the EU Belarus Regulation” means Council Regulation (EC) No 765/2006 of 18 May 2006 concerning restrictive measures in respect of Belarus M2 , as it has effect in EU law;

“the Government of Belarus” includes its public bodies, corporations or agencies, or any person acting on its behalf or at its direction;

[F6 “humanitarian assistance activity” includes the work of international and non-governmental organisations carrying out humanitarian and relief activities in Belarus for the benefit of the civilian population of Belarus;]

[F7 “OFCOM” means the Office of Communications;]

“serious human rights violation or abuse” means a serious violation or abuse of any of the human rights specified in regulation 4;

“trade licence” means a licence under regulation 33;

“Treasury licence” means a licence under regulation [F8 32];

“United Kingdom person” has the same meaning as in section 21 of the Act.]

[F9 (2) For the purposes of [F10 Part 3 (Finance), Part 5 (Trade), Part 5A (Aircraft), Part 5B (Ships) and Part 6 (Exceptions and licences)], a person is to be regarded as “connected with” Belarus if the person is—

(a) an individual who is, or an association or combination of individuals who are, ordinarily resident in Belarus,

(b) an individual who is, or an association or combination of individuals who are, located in Belarus,

(c) a person, other than an individual, which is incorporated or constituted under the law of Belarus, or

(d) a person, other than an individual, which is domiciled in Belarus.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Reg. 2 renumbered as reg. 2(1) (14.10.2021 at noon) by The Republic of Belarus (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1146), regs. 1(2), 3(1)

F2 Words in reg. 2(1) inserted (14.10.2021 at noon) by The Republic of Belarus (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1146), regs. 1(2), 3(2)(a)

F3 Words in reg. 2(1) inserted (5.7.2022) by The Republic of Belarus (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/748), regs. 1(2), 3(a)

F4 Words in reg. 2(1) inserted (14.10.2021 at noon) by The Republic of Belarus (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1146), regs. 1(2), 3(2)(b)

F5 Words in reg. 2 inserted (16.5.2024) by The Sanctions (EU Exit) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Revocations) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/643), regs. 1(2), 4(2)

F6 Words in reg. 2(1) inserted (14.10.2021 at noon) by The Republic of Belarus (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1146), regs. 1(2), 3(2)(c)

F7 Words in reg. 2(1) inserted (9.6.2023) by The Republic of Belarus (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/616), regs. 1(2), 3

F8 Word in reg. 2(1) substituted (14.10.2021 at noon) by The Republic of Belarus (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1146), regs. 1(2), 3(2)(d)

F9 Reg. 2(2) inserted (14.10.2021 at noon) by The Republic of Belarus (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1146), regs. 1(2), 3(3)

F10 Words in reg. 2(2) substituted (5.7.2022) by The Republic of Belarus (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/748), regs. 1(2), 3(b)

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 2 not in force at made date, see reg. 1(2)

I2 Reg. 2 in force at 22.3.2019 by S.I. 2019/627, reg. 12(1)(b)

Marginal Citations

M1 1979 c.2. Amendments have been made to this Act and are cited, where relevant, in respect of the applicable regulations.

M2 OJ L 134 20.5.2006, p.1.