http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/707/regulation/55The Iraq (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020texttext/xmlenEXITING THE EUROPEAN UNIONSANCTIONSStatute Law Database2024-08-01Expert Participation2024-06-05 These Regulations are made under the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018 (c.13) to establish a sanctions regime in relation to Iraq for the purposes of compliance with the United Kingdom's United Nations obligations. Those obligations include sanctions measures in UN Security Council resolution 1483 adopted by the Security Council on 22 May 2003 as those measures have been revised and updated by subsequent resolutions. PART 7 EnforcementTrade enforcement: application of CEMA551Where the Commissioners investigate or propose to investigate any matter with a view to determining—awhether there are grounds for believing that a relevant offence has been committed, orbwhether a person should be prosecuted for such an offence,the matter is to be treated as an assigned matter.2In paragraph (1) “assigned matter” has the meaning given by section 1(1) of CEMA .3In this regulation a “relevant offence” means an offence under—aPart 4 (Trade),bregulation 39 (trade: licensing offences),cregulation 46(6) (general trade licences: records), ordregulation 47(5) (general trade licences: inspection of records).3AThe Commissioners may not investigate the suspected commission of a relevant offence listed in paragraph (3B), (3C) or (3D), unless the suspected offence has been the subject of—aa referral to the Commissioners by the Secretary of State, orba decision by the Commissioners to treat the suspected offence as if it had been referred to them under sub-paragraph (a).3BParagraph (3A) applies to the suspected commission of an offence under any of the following provisions—aregulation 23(3) (supply and delivery of illegally removed Iraqi cultural property);bregulation 24(3) (making available and acquisition of illegally removed Iraqi cultural property) insofar as the offence does not relate to the import or export of goods;cregulation 25(3) (financial services and funds relating to illegally removed Iraqi cultural property) insofar as the offence does not relate to the import or export of goods;dregulation 26(3) (brokering services: non-UK activity relating to illegally removed Iraqi cultural property) insofar as the offence does not relate to the import or export of goods;eregulation 27(3) (holding or controlling illegally removed Iraqi cultural property) insofar as the offence does not relate to the import or export of goods.3CParagraph (3A) also applies to the suspected commission of a relevant offence under any of regulations 39(1), 39(2), 46(6) and 47(5) (trade licensing and information offences) insofar as—athe suspected offence relates to a licence issued under regulation 36 (trade licences), andbthe activity authorised by that licence would, if no licence had been issued, amount to an offence specified in paragraph (3B).3DParagraph (3A) also applies to the suspected commission of a relevant offence under regulation 28(2) (circumventing etc. prohibitions), insofar as the prohibited activity to which the suspected offence relates is the circumvention of, or enabling or facilitation of a contravention of, a prohibition in relation to an offence specified in paragraph (3B).4Section 138 of CEMA (arrest of persons) applies to a person who has committed, or whom there are reasonable grounds to suspect of having committed, a relevant offence as it applies to a person who has committed, or whom there are reasonable grounds to suspect of having committed, an offence for which the person is liable to be arrested under the customs and excise Acts , but as if—aany reference to an offence under, or for which a person is liable to be arrested under, the customs and excise Acts were to a relevant offence;bin subsection (2), the reference to any person so liable were to a person who has committed, or whom there are reasonable grounds to suspect of having committed, a relevant offence.5The provisions of CEMA mentioned in paragraph (6) apply in relation to proceedings for a relevant offence as they apply in relation to proceedings for an offence under the customs and excise Acts, but as if—aany reference to the customs and excise Acts were to any of the provisions mentioned in paragraph (3)(a) to (d);bin section 145(6), the reference to an offence for which a person is liable to be arrested under the customs and excise Acts were to a relevant offence;cin section 151, the reference to any penalty imposed under the customs and excise Acts were to any penalty imposed under these Regulations in relation to a relevant offence;din section 154(2)—ithe reference to proceedings relating to customs or excise were to proceedings under any of the provisions mentioned in paragraph (3)(a) to (d), andiithe reference to the place from which any goods have been brought included a reference to the place to which goods have been exported, supplied or delivered or the place to or from which technology has been transferred.6The provisions of CEMA are sections 145, 146, 147, 148(1), 150, 151, 152, 154 and 155 (legal proceedings).The definition of “assigned matter” in section 1(1) of CEMA was amended by the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Act 2005 (c.11), Schedule 4, paragraph 22(a); the Scotland Act 2012 (c.11), section 24(7); and the Wales Act 2014 (c.29), section 7(1).Section 138 of CEMA was amended by the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (c.60), section 114(1), Schedule 6, paragraph 37 and Schedule 7, Part 1; the Finance Act 1988 (c.39), section 11; the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (c.15), Schedule 7, paragraph 54; S.I. 1989/1341 (N.I.12); and S.I. 2007/288.“the customs and excise Acts” is defined in section 1 of CEMA.Section 145 of CEMA was amended by the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984, section 114(1); the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Act 2005 (c.11), Schedule 4, paragraph 23(a); and S.I. 2014/834. Section 147 was amended by the Magistrates Courts Act 1980 (c.43), section 154 and Schedule 7, paragraph 176; the Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c.48), section 77, Schedule 14, paragraph 42; the Finance Act 1989 (c.26), section 16(2); and the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c.44), section 41, Schedule 3, paragraph 50. Section 152 was amended by the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Act 2005, section 50, Schedule 4, paragraph 26, and section 52, Schedule 5. Section 155 was amended by the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Act 2005, section 50, Schedule 4, paragraph 27, and section 52, Schedule 5.Reg. 55 not in force at made date, see reg. 1(2)Reg. 55 in force at 31.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1514, reg. 14(2)Reg. 55(3A)-(3D) inserted (5.6.2024) by The Sanctions (EU Exit) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/644), regs. 1(2), 12(2)
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<Pnumber>
<Addition ChangeId="key-8bd85021fb8ec8951d5f84cf2ff0a0a2-1722433567909" CommentaryRef="key-8bd85021fb8ec8951d5f84cf2ff0a0a2">e</Addition>
</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="key-8bd85021fb8ec8951d5f84cf2ff0a0a2-1722433567909" CommentaryRef="key-8bd85021fb8ec8951d5f84cf2ff0a0a2">regulation 27(3) (holding or controlling illegally removed Iraqi cultural property) insofar as the offence does not relate to the import or export of goods.</Addition>
</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/707/regulation/55/3C" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2020/707/regulation/55/3C" id="regulation-55-3C">
<Pnumber>
<Addition ChangeId="key-8bd85021fb8ec8951d5f84cf2ff0a0a2-1722433567909" CommentaryRef="key-8bd85021fb8ec8951d5f84cf2ff0a0a2">3C</Addition>
</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="key-8bd85021fb8ec8951d5f84cf2ff0a0a2-1722433567909" CommentaryRef="key-8bd85021fb8ec8951d5f84cf2ff0a0a2">Paragraph (3A) also applies to the suspected commission of a relevant offence under any of regulations 39(1), 39(2), 46(6) and 47(5) (trade licensing and information offences) insofar as—</Addition>
</Text>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/707/regulation/55/3C/a" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2020/707/regulation/55/3C/a" id="regulation-55-3C-a">
<Pnumber>
<Addition ChangeId="key-8bd85021fb8ec8951d5f84cf2ff0a0a2-1722433567909" CommentaryRef="key-8bd85021fb8ec8951d5f84cf2ff0a0a2">a</Addition>
</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="key-8bd85021fb8ec8951d5f84cf2ff0a0a2-1722433567909" CommentaryRef="key-8bd85021fb8ec8951d5f84cf2ff0a0a2">the suspected offence relates to a licence issued under regulation 36 (trade licences), and</Addition>
</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/707/regulation/55/3C/b" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2020/707/regulation/55/3C/b" id="regulation-55-3C-b">
<Pnumber>
<Addition ChangeId="key-8bd85021fb8ec8951d5f84cf2ff0a0a2-1722433567909" CommentaryRef="key-8bd85021fb8ec8951d5f84cf2ff0a0a2">b</Addition>
</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="key-8bd85021fb8ec8951d5f84cf2ff0a0a2-1722433567909" CommentaryRef="key-8bd85021fb8ec8951d5f84cf2ff0a0a2">the activity authorised by that licence would, if no licence had been issued, amount to an offence specified in paragraph (3B).</Addition>
</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/707/regulation/55/3D" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2020/707/regulation/55/3D" id="regulation-55-3D">
<Pnumber>
<Addition ChangeId="key-8bd85021fb8ec8951d5f84cf2ff0a0a2-1722433567909" CommentaryRef="key-8bd85021fb8ec8951d5f84cf2ff0a0a2">3D</Addition>
</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="key-8bd85021fb8ec8951d5f84cf2ff0a0a2-1722433567909" CommentaryRef="key-8bd85021fb8ec8951d5f84cf2ff0a0a2">Paragraph (3A) also applies to the suspected commission of a relevant offence under regulation 28(2) (circumventing etc. prohibitions), insofar as the prohibited activity to which the suspected offence relates is the circumvention of, or enabling or facilitation of a contravention of, a prohibition in relation to an offence specified in paragraph (3B).</Addition>
</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/707/regulation/55/4" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2020/707/regulation/55/4" id="regulation-55-4">
<Pnumber>4</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>
Section 138 of CEMA
<CommentaryRef Ref="c24233801"/>
(arrest of persons) applies to a person who has committed, or whom there are reasonable grounds to suspect of having committed, a relevant offence as it applies to a person who has committed, or whom there are reasonable grounds to suspect of having committed, an offence for which the person is liable to be arrested under the customs and excise Acts
<CommentaryRef Ref="c24233811"/>
, but as if—
</Text>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/707/regulation/55/4/a" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2020/707/regulation/55/4/a" id="regulation-55-4-a">
<Pnumber>a</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>any reference to an offence under, or for which a person is liable to be arrested under, the customs and excise Acts were to a relevant offence;</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/707/regulation/55/4/b" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2020/707/regulation/55/4/b" id="regulation-55-4-b">
<Pnumber>b</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>in subsection (2), the reference to any person so liable were to a person who has committed, or whom there are reasonable grounds to suspect of having committed, a relevant offence.</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/707/regulation/55/5" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2020/707/regulation/55/5" id="regulation-55-5">
<Pnumber>5</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>The provisions of CEMA mentioned in paragraph (6) apply in relation to proceedings for a relevant offence as they apply in relation to proceedings for an offence under the customs and excise Acts, but as if—</Text>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/707/regulation/55/5/a" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2020/707/regulation/55/5/a" id="regulation-55-5-a">
<Pnumber>a</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>any reference to the customs and excise Acts were to any of the provisions mentioned in paragraph (3)(a) to (d);</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/707/regulation/55/5/b" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2020/707/regulation/55/5/b" id="regulation-55-5-b">
<Pnumber>b</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>in section 145(6), the reference to an offence for which a person is liable to be arrested under the customs and excise Acts were to a relevant offence;</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/707/regulation/55/5/c" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2020/707/regulation/55/5/c" id="regulation-55-5-c">
<Pnumber>c</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>in section 151, the reference to any penalty imposed under the customs and excise Acts were to any penalty imposed under these Regulations in relation to a relevant offence;</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/707/regulation/55/5/d" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2020/707/regulation/55/5/d" id="regulation-55-5-d">
<Pnumber>d</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>in section 154(2)—</Text>
<P4 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/707/regulation/55/5/d/i" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2020/707/regulation/55/5/d/i" id="regulation-55-5-d-i">
<Pnumber>i</Pnumber>
<P4para>
<Text>the reference to proceedings relating to customs or excise were to proceedings under any of the provisions mentioned in paragraph (3)(a) to (d), and</Text>
</P4para>
</P4>
<P4 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/707/regulation/55/5/d/ii" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2020/707/regulation/55/5/d/ii" id="regulation-55-5-d-ii">
<Pnumber>ii</Pnumber>
<P4para>
<Text>the reference to the place from which any goods have been brought included a reference to the place to which goods have been exported, supplied or delivered or the place to or from which technology has been transferred.</Text>
</P4para>
</P4>
</P3para>
</P3>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/707/regulation/55/6" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2020/707/regulation/55/6" id="regulation-55-6">
<Pnumber>6</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>
The provisions of CEMA are sections 145, 146, 147, 148(1), 150, 151, 152, 154 and 155
<CommentaryRef Ref="c24233821"/>
(legal proceedings).
</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
</P1para>
</P1>
</P1group>
</Part>
</Body>
</Secondary>
<Commentaries>
<Commentary id="c24233791" Type="M">
<Para>
<Text>
The definition of “assigned matter” in section 1(1) of CEMA was amended by the
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2005/11" id="c00118" Year="2005" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="11" Title="Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Act 2005">Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Act 2005 (c.11)</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef CitationRef="c00118" id="c00119" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2005/11/schedule/4" Operative="true" SectionRef="schedule-4">Schedule 4</CitationSubRef>
,
<CitationSubRef CitationRef="c00118" id="c00120" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2005/11/paragraph/22/a" SectionRef="paragraph-22-a">paragraph 22(a)</CitationSubRef>
; the
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2012/11" id="c00121" Year="2012" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="11" Title="Scotland Act 2012">Scotland Act 2012 (c.11)</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef CitationRef="c00121" id="c00122" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2012/11/section/24/7" Operative="true" SectionRef="section-24-7">section 24(7)</CitationSubRef>
; and the
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2014/29" id="c00123" Year="2014" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="29" Title="Wales Act 2014">Wales Act 2014 (c.29)</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef CitationRef="c00123" id="c00124" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2014/29/section/7/1" Operative="true" SectionRef="section-7-1">section 7(1)</CitationSubRef>
.
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c24233801" Type="M">
<Para>
<Text>
<CitationSubRef id="c00125" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2020/707/section/138" SectionRef="section-138">Section 138</CitationSubRef>
of CEMA was amended by the
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1984/60" id="c00126" Year="1984" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="60" Title="Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984">Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (c.60)</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef CitationRef="c00126" id="c00127" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1984/60/section/114/1" SectionRef="section-114-1">section 114(1)</CitationSubRef>
,
<CitationSubRef CitationRef="c00126" id="c00128" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1984/60/schedule/6" Operative="true" SectionRef="schedule-6">Schedule 6</CitationSubRef>
,
<CitationSubRef CitationRef="c00126" id="c00129" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1984/60/paragraph/37" SectionRef="paragraph-37">paragraph 37</CitationSubRef>
and Schedule 7, Part 1; the
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1988/39" id="c00130" Year="1988" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="39" Title="Finance Act 1988">Finance Act 1988 (c.39)</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef CitationRef="c00130" id="c00131" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1988/39/section/11" Operative="true" SectionRef="section-11">section 11</CitationSubRef>
; the
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2005/15" id="c00132" Year="2005" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="15" Title="Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005">Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (c.15)</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef CitationRef="c00132" id="c00133" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2005/15/schedule/7" Operative="true" SectionRef="schedule-7">Schedule 7</CitationSubRef>
,
<CitationSubRef CitationRef="c00132" id="c00134" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2005/15/paragraph/54" SectionRef="paragraph-54">paragraph 54</CitationSubRef>
;
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisi/1989/1341" id="c00135" Class="NorthernIrelandOrderInCouncil" Year="1989" Number="1341">S.I. 1989/1341 (N.I.12)</Citation>
; and
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2007/288" id="c00136" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="2007" Number="288">S.I. 2007/288</Citation>
.
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c24233811" Type="M">
<Para>
<Text>“the customs and excise Acts” is defined in section 1 of CEMA.</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c24233821" Type="M">
<Para>
<Text>
<CitationSubRef id="c00137" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2020/707/section/145" SectionRef="section-145">Section 145</CitationSubRef>
of CEMA was amended by the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984, section 114(1); the
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2005/11" id="c00138" Year="2005" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="11" Title="Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Act 2005">Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Act 2005 (c.11)</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef CitationRef="c00138" id="c00139" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2005/11/schedule/4" Operative="true" SectionRef="schedule-4">Schedule 4</CitationSubRef>
,
<CitationSubRef CitationRef="c00138" id="c00140" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2005/11/paragraph/23/a" SectionRef="paragraph-23-a">paragraph 23(a)</CitationSubRef>
; and
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/834" id="c00141" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="2014" Number="834">S.I. 2014/834</Citation>
. Section 147 was amended by the
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1980/43" id="c00142" Year="1980" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="43" Title="Magistrates Courts Act 1980">Magistrates Courts Act 1980 (c.43)</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef CitationRef="c00142" id="c00143" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1980/43/section/154" Operative="true" SectionRef="section-154">section 154</CitationSubRef>
and Schedule 7, paragraph 176; the
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1982/48" id="c00144" Year="1982" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="48" Title="Criminal Justice Act 1982">Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c.48)</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef CitationRef="c00144" id="c00145" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1982/48/section/77" SectionRef="section-77">section 77</CitationSubRef>
,
<CitationSubRef CitationRef="c00144" id="c00146" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1982/48/schedule/14" Operative="true" SectionRef="schedule-14">Schedule 14</CitationSubRef>
,
<CitationSubRef CitationRef="c00144" id="c00147" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1982/48/paragraph/42" SectionRef="paragraph-42">paragraph 42</CitationSubRef>
; the
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1989/26" id="c00148" Year="1989" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="26" Title="Finance Act 1989">Finance Act 1989 (c.26)</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef CitationRef="c00148" id="c00149" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1989/26/section/16/2" Operative="true" SectionRef="section-16-2">section 16(2)</CitationSubRef>
; and the
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2003/44" id="c00150" Year="2003" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="44" Title="Criminal Justice Act 2003">Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c.44)</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef CitationRef="c00150" id="c00151" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2003/44/section/41" SectionRef="section-41">section 41</CitationSubRef>
,
<CitationSubRef CitationRef="c00150" id="c00152" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2003/44/schedule/3" Operative="true" SectionRef="schedule-3">Schedule 3</CitationSubRef>
,
<CitationSubRef CitationRef="c00150" id="c00153" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2003/44/paragraph/50" SectionRef="paragraph-50">paragraph 50</CitationSubRef>
. Section 152 was amended by the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Act 2005, section 50, Schedule 4, paragraph 26, and section 52, Schedule 5. Section 155 was amended by the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Act 2005, section 50, Schedule 4, paragraph 27, and section 52, Schedule 5.
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary Type="I" id="key-276e762770bcd97f16698975fa222a9e">
<Para>
<Text>
Reg. 55 not in force at made date, see
<CitationSubRef id="n49b16e9e25f351c9" SectionRef="regulation-1-2" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2020/707/regulation/1/2" Operative="true">reg. 1(2)</CitationSubRef>
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="key-b3747f87fd93105e10a16b3000e2a756" Type="I">
<Para>
<Text>
<CitationSubRef id="cdn4ebh14-00215" SectionRef="regulation-55" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2020/707/regulation/55">Reg. 55</CitationSubRef>
in force at 31.12.2020 by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2020/1514" id="cdn4ebh14-00216" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="2020" Number="1514" Title="The Sanctions Regulations (EU Exit) (Commencement) Regulations 2020">S.I. 2020/1514</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef CitationRef="cdn4ebh14-00216" id="cdn4ebh14-00217" SectionRef="regulation-14-2" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2020/1514/regulation/14/2" Operative="true">reg. 14(2)</CitationSubRef>
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="key-8bd85021fb8ec8951d5f84cf2ff0a0a2" Type="F">
<Para>
<Text>
<CitationSubRef id="cgw7ocl75-00006" StartSectionRef="regulation-55-3A" EndSectionRef="regulation-55-3D" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2020/707/regulation/55/3A" UpTo="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2020/707/regulation/55/3D">Reg. 55(3A)-(3D)</CitationSubRef>
inserted (5.6.2024) by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2024/644" id="cgw7ocl75-00007" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="2024" Number="644" Title="The Sanctions (EU Exit) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2024">The Sanctions (EU Exit) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/644)</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef CitationRef="cgw7ocl75-00007" id="cgw7ocl75-00008" SectionRef="regulation-1-2" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2024/644/regulation/1/2">regs. 1(2)</CitationSubRef>
,
<CitationSubRef CitationRef="cgw7ocl75-00007" id="cgw7ocl75-00009" SectionRef="regulation-12-2" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2024/644/regulation/12/2" Operative="true">12(2)</CitationSubRef>
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
</Commentaries>
</Legislation>