The Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 No. 855

PART 1 General

Interpretation

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);

“CEMA” means the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979(1);

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

“conduct” includes acts and omissions;

“Crimea” means the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol;

“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 EU Russia Regulations” means the following, as they have effect in EU law—

(a)

Council Regulation (EU) No 269/2014 of 17 March 2014 (concerning restrictive measures in respect of actions undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine)(2),

(b)

Council Regulation (EU) No 692/2014 of 23 June 2014 (concerning restrictive measures in response to the illegal annexation of Crimea and Sevastopol)(3), and

(c)

Council Regulation (EU) No 833/2014 of 31 July 2014 (concerning restrictive measures in view of Russia’s actions destabilising the situation in Ukraine)(4);

“trade licence” means a licence under regulation 65;

“Treasury licence” means a licence under regulation 64(1);

the “Ukraine Financial Sanctions Regulations” means—

(a)

The Ukraine (European Union Financial Sanctions) (No.2) Regulations 2014(5), and

(b)

The Ukraine (European Union Financial Sanctions) (No.3) Regulations 2014(6);

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

“working day” means any day other than—

(a)

Saturday or Sunday,

(b)

Christmas Day or Good Friday, or

(c)

a day which is a bank holiday under the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971 in any part of the United Kingdom.

(1)

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

(2)

OJ L 78, 17.3.2014, p. 6–15.

(3)

OJ L 183 24.6.2014, p. 9.

(4)

OJ L 229, 31.7.2014, p. 1–11.

(5)

S.I. 2014/693, as modified by the Wales Act 2014 (c.29), section 4(4)(a) and amended by S.I. 2017/560, S.I. 2017/754 and S.I. 2018/682 and as prospectively amended by S.I. 2018/1149.

(6)

S.I. 2014/2054, as amended by S.I. 2014/2445, S.I. 2014/3230, S.I. 2017/560, S.I. 2017/754, 2018/682 and as prospectively amended by S.I. 2018/1149.