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PART 1General

Citation and commencement

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Republic of Belarus (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) Regulations 2022.

(2) These Regulations come into force on 5th July 2022.

Amendment of the Republic of Belarus (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

2.  The Republic of Belarus (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019(1) are amended as set out in regulations 3 to 44.

Interpretation

3.  In regulation 2 (interpretation)—

(a)in paragraph (1), insert the following definitions in the appropriate places—

aircraft licence” means a licence under regulation 33A;;

the Amendment Regulations 2022” means the Republic of Belarus (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) Regulations 2022;;

(b)in paragraph (2), for “Part 5 (Trade) and Part 5A (Aircraft)”, substitute “Part 3 (Finance), Part 5 (Trade), Part 5A (Aircraft), Part 5B (Ships) and Part 6 (Exceptions and licences)”.

Application of prohibitions and requirements outside the United Kingdom

4.  In regulation 3 (application of prohibitions and requirements outside the United Kingdom)—

(a)in paragraph (3)—

(i)for sub-paragraph (a), substitute—

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

(ii)at the end of sub-paragraph (ca), omit “or”;

(iii)after sub-paragraph (ca), insert—

(cb)by Part 5B (Ships), or;

(b)in paragraph (5), omit “or a requirement imposed by a direction under regulation 29A(2) (direction by air traffic control to operator or pilot of Belarusian aircraft),”;

(c)in paragraph (6)—

(i)in paragraph (a), for “that Part, or”, substitute “that Part,”;

(ii)in paragraph (b), for “Treasury licence or a trade licence”, substitute “Treasury licence, a trade licence or an aircraft licence”;

(iii)after paragraph (b), insert—

(c)by a direction under regulation 29A(2) (direction by air traffic control to operator or pilot of Belarusian aircraft), or

(d)by a direction under regulation 29H (movement of ships)..

(1)

S.I. 2019/600, as amended by S.I. 2020/590; S.I. 2020/951; S.I. 2021/1146; and by the Sentencing Act 2020 (c. 17).