The Bosnia and Herzegovina (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 No. 608

PART 1 U.K. General

Citation and commencement U.K.

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Bosnia and Herzegovina (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020.

(2) These Regulations come into force in accordance with regulations made under section 56 of the Act.

Commencement Information

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

I2 Reg. 1 in force at 14.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1514, reg. 7(1)

Interpretation U.K.

2.  In these Regulations—

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

“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);

“conduct” includes acts and omissions;

“the GFAP” means The General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina signed in Paris on 14th December 1995, including its Annexes M1 ;

“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;

“Treasury licence” means a licence under regulation 20(1);

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

Commencement Information

I3 Reg. 2 not in force at made date, see reg. 1(2)

I4 Reg. 2 in force at 14.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1514, reg. 7(1)

Marginal Citations

M1 A copy of the text of The General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina is available online at

http://www.ohr.int/?page_id=1252

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Application of prohibitions and requirements outside the United Kingdom U.K.

3.—(1) A United Kingdom person may contravene a relevant prohibition by conduct wholly or partly outside the United Kingdom.

(2) Any person may contravene a relevant prohibition by conduct in the territorial sea.

(3) For the purposes of this regulation, a “relevant prohibition” means any prohibition imposed by—

(a) regulation 9(2) (confidential information),

(b) Part 3 (Finance), or

(c) a condition of a Treasury licence.

(4) A United Kingdom person may comply, or fail to comply, with a relevant requirement by conduct wholly or partly outside the United Kingdom.

(5) Any person may comply, or fail to comply, with a relevant requirement by conduct in the territorial sea.

(6) In this regulation a “relevant requirement” means any requirement imposed—

(a) by or under Part 6 (Information and records), or by reason of a request made under a power conferred by that Part, or

(b) by a condition of a Treasury licence.

(7) Nothing in this regulation is to be taken to prevent a relevant prohibition or a relevant requirement from applying to conduct (by any person) in the United Kingdom.

Commencement Information

I5 Reg. 3 not in force at made date, see reg. 1(2)

I6 Reg. 3 in force at 31.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1514, reg. 7(2)

Purposes U.K.

4.  The purposes of the regulations contained in this instrument that are made under section 1 of the Act are—

(a) promoting respect for the sovereignty, territorial integrity, international personality and constitutional order M2 of Bosnia and Herzegovina,

(b) promoting the peace, stability and security of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and

(c) encouraging compliance with, and the implementation of, the GFAP.

Commencement Information

I7 Reg. 4 not in force at made date, see reg. 1(2)

I8 Reg. 4 in force at 14.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1514, reg. 7(1)

Marginal Citations

M2 The General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and in particular the Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina contained in Annex 4 to the Agreement, establishes the fundamental structure of Bosnia and Herzegovina as a single sovereign State comprising two entities, namely the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Republika Srpska.