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

1. Introductory Text

2. PART 1 General

   1. 1. Citation and commencement

   2. 2. Interpretation

   3. 3. Application of prohibitions and requirements outside the United Kingdom

   4. 4. Purposes

3. PART 2 Designation of persons

   1. 5. Power to designate persons

   2. 5A. Conditions for the designation of persons by name

   3. 5B. Conditions for the designation of persons by description

   4. 6. Designation criteria: meaning of “involved person

   5. 7. Meaning of “owned or controlled directly or indirectly”

   6. 8. Notification and publicity where power to designate by name used

   7. 9. Confidential information in certain cases where designation power used

   8. 9A. Notification and publicity where power to designate by description is used

4. PART 3 Finance

   1. CHAPTER 1 Asset-freeze etc.

      1. 10. Meaning of “designated person” in Part 3

      2. 11. Asset-freeze in relation to designated persons

      3. 12. Making funds available to designated persons

      4. 13. Making funds available for benefit of designated persons

      5. 14. Making economic resources available to designated persons

      6. 15. Making economic resources available for benefit of designated persons

   2. CHAPTER 2 Other financial restrictions

      1. 15A. Dealing with transferable securities or money-market instruments

      2. 15B. Loans and credit arrangements

      3. 15C. Insurance and reinsurance services

      4. 15CA. Provision of financial services relating to foreign exchange reserve and asset management

      5. 15D. Interpretation of terms relating to other financial restrictions

   3. CHAPTER 3 Further Provision

      1. 16. Circumventing etc prohibitions

5. PART 3A Director disqualification sanctions

   1. 16A. Director disqualification sanctions

6. PART 4 Immigration

   1. 17. Immigration

7. PART 5 Trade

   1. CHAPTER 1 Interpretation

      1. 18. Definition of “restricted goods” and “restricted technology”

      2. 19. Definitions of “interception and monitoring goods” and “interception and monitoring technology”

      3. 19A. Definition of “interception and monitoring services”

      4. 20. Interpretation of other expressions used in this Part

   2. CHAPTER 2 Exports to Belarus and related activities

      1. 21. Export of goods to, or for use in, Belarus

      2. 22. Supply and delivery of goods from a third country to Belarus

      3. 23. Making available goods and technology to a person connected with, or for use in, Belarus

      4. 24. Transfer of technology to a place in, or person connected with, Belarus

      5. 24A. Provision of interception and monitoring services

      6. 25. Technical assistance relating to certain goods and technology

      7. 26. Financial services and funds relating to certain arrangements

      8. 27. Brokering services: certain arrangements relating to non-UK activities

   3. CHAPTER 2A Dual-use goods, dual-use technology and related activities

      1. 27A. Interpretation of this Chapter

      2. 27B. Export of dual-use goods

      3. 27C. Supply and delivery of dual-use goods

      4. 27D. Making dual-use goods and dual-use technology available

      5. 27E. Transfer of dual-use technology

      6. 27F. Technical assistance relating to dual-use goods and dual-use technology

      7. 27G. Financial services and funds relating to dual-use goods and dual-use technology

      8. 27H. Brokering services: non-UK activity relating to dual-use goods and dual-use technology

   4. CHAPTER 2B Imports from Belarus and related activities

      1. 27I. Import of goods originating in, or consigned from, Belarus

      2. 27J. Acquisition of goods connected to Belarus

      3. 27K. Supply and delivery of goods to places outside the UK

      4. 27L. Technical assistance relating to certain activities

      5. 27M. Financial services, funds and brokering services relating to certain arrangements

   5. CHAPTER 2C Other trade prohibitions

      1. 27N. Technical assistance relating to aircraft and ships

      2. 27O. Enabling or facilitating military activities

   6. CHAPTER 2D Internet services

      1. 27P. Preventing provision of internet services to or for the benefit of designated persons

   7. CHAPTER 3 Further provision

      1. 28. Circumventing etc prohibitions

      2. 29. Defences

8. PART 5A Aircraft

   1. 29A. Movement of aircraft

   2. 29B. Directions under regulation 29A

   3. 29C. Directions under regulation 29A: supplementary

   4. 29CA. Registration of an aircraft in the United Kingdom

   5. 29D. Offences

   6. 29E. Interpretation of Part 5A

9. PART 5B Ships

   1. 29F. Prohibition on port entry

   2. 29G. Directions prohibiting port entry

   3. 29H. Movement of ships

   4. 29I. Detention of ships

   5. 29J. Registration of ships in the United Kingdom

   6. 29K. Specification of ships

   7. 29L. Notification and publicity where specification power used

   8. 29M. Directions under this Part: general

   9. 29N. Interpretation of Part 5B

10. PART 6 Exceptions and licences

    1. 30. Asset-freeze, etc.: exceptions from prohibitions

    2. 30A. Exception for authorised conduct in a relevant country

    3. 31. Exception for acts done for purposes of national security or prevention of serious crime

    4. 31A. Exceptions relating to loans and credit arrangements

    5. 31B. Exceptions relating to insurance and reinsurance services

    6. 31C. Trade: exceptions relating to mineral products for personal or humanitarian use

    7. 31D. Trade: exceptions relating to travellers, diplomatic missions and international organisations

    8. 31E. Trade: exceptions relating to consumer communication devices and software updates

    9. 31F. Trade: exception for emergencies in certain cases

    10. 31G. Trade: exception for certain technical assistance to aircraft and ships

    11. 31H. Aircraft: exceptions relating to safety of persons or aircraft

    12. 31I. Ships: exceptions relating to port entry in emergencies

    13. 31J. Trade: exceptions in relation to banknotes

    14. 31K. Trade: exceptions in relation to machinery-related goods and machinery-related technology

    15. 32. Treasury licences

    16. 32A. Director disqualification licences

    17. 33. Trade licences

    18. 33A. Aircraft licences

    19. 34. Licences: general provisions

    20. 35. Finance: licensing offences

    21. 35A. Director disqualification: licensing offences

    22. 36. Trade: licensing offences

    23. 36A. Aircraft: licensing offences

    24. 37. Section 8B(1) to (3) of Immigration Act 1971: directions

11. PART 7 Information and records

    1. 38. Finance: reporting obligations

    2. 38A. Designated persons: reporting obligations

    3. 39. “Relevant firm”

    4. 40. Finance: powers to request information

    5. 41. Finance: production of documents

    6. 42. Finance: information offences

    7. 43. Trade: application of information powers in CEMA

    8. 44. General trade licences: records

    9. 45. General trade licences: inspection of records

    10. 45A. Internet services: power to request information and produce documents

    11. 45B. Internet services: information offences

    12. 46. Disclosure of information

    13. 46A. Finance: disclosure to the Treasury

    14. 47. Part 7: supplementary

12. PART 8 Enforcement

    1. 48. Penalties for offences

    2. 49. Liability of officers of bodies corporate etc

    3. 50. Jurisdiction to try offences

    4. 51. Procedure for offences by unincorporated bodies

    5. 52. Time limit for proceedings for summary offences

    6. 53. Trade enforcement: application of CEMA

    7. 54. Trade offences in CEMA: modification of penalty

    8. 55. Application of Chapter 1 of Part 2 of Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005

    9. 56. Monetary penalties

    10. 56A. OFCOM: power to impose monetary penalties

    11. 56B. OFCOM: monetary penalties: procedural rights

    12. 56C. Treasury: power to impose monetary penalties

    13. 56D. Treasury monetary penalties: procedural rights

13. PART 9 Maritime enforcement

    1. 57. Exercise of maritime enforcement powers

    2. 58. Maritime enforcement officers

    3. 59. Power to stop, board, search etc

    4. 60. Seizure power

    5. 61. Restrictions on exercise of maritime enforcement powers

    6. 62. Interpretation of Part 9

14. PART 10 Supplementary and final provision

    1. 63. Notices

    2. 64. Article 20 of the Export Control Order 2008

    3. 65. Trade: overlapping offences

    4. 66. Revocation of the Belarus Council Regulation

    5. 67. Other revocations and amendments

    6. 68. Transitional provision: Treasury licences

    7. 69. Transitional provision: trade licences

    8. 70. Transitional provision: pending applications for trade licences

    9. 71. Transitional provisions: prior obligations

15. Signature

16. SCHEDULES

    1. SCHEDULE 1

       Rules for interpretation of regulations 7(2) and 15D(3) and (4)

       1. 1. Application of Schedule

       2. 2. Joint interests

       3. 3. Joint arrangements

       4. 4. Calculating shareholdings

       5. 5. Voting rights

       6. 6. In applying regulation 7(2) and this Schedule, the voting rights...

       7. 7. Rights to appoint or remove members of the board

       8. 8. A reference to a board of directors, in the case...

       9. 9. Shares or rights held “indirectly”

       10. 10. Shares held by nominees

       11. 11. Rights treated as held by person who controls their exercise

       12. 12. “Arrangement” includes— (a) any scheme, agreement or understanding, whether or...

       13. 13. Rights exercisable only in certain circumstances etc

       14. 14. Rights attached to shares held by way of security

    2. SCHEDULE 2

       List of internal repression goods and internal repression technology

       1. 1. Firearms and related goods

       2. 2. Simulators for training persons to use firearms.

       3. 3. Bombs and grenades.

       4. 4. Vehicles

       5. 5. Explosive substances and related goods

       6. 6. Linear cutting explosive charges.

       7. 7. The following explosives and related substances— (a) amatol;

       8. 8. Other goods

       9. 9. Night vision equipment.

       10. 10. Thermal imaging equipment.

       11. 11. Image intensifier tubes.

       12. 12. Razor barbed wire.

       13. 13. The following types of knives— (a) knives that are designed...

       14. 14. Production equipment

       15. 15. Software and technology

       16. 16. Any technology which is specially designed for the development, production...

       17. 17. Interpretation

    3. SCHEDULE 2A

       Interception and monitoring goods and interception and monitoring technology

       1. 1. Interception and monitoring equipment

       2. 2. Any software which can perform any of the functions described...

       3. 3. Other software and other technology

       4. 4. Interpretation

       5. 5. Acronyms and abbreviations used in this Schedule

    4. SCHEDULE 2B

       Iron and steel products, aluminium, potash, mineral products, and tobacco industry goods

       1. 1. (1) For the purposes of this Schedule—

       2. 2. For the purposes of Part 5— “ aluminium ” means...

    5. SCHEDULE 2C

       Critical-industry goods and critical-industry technology

       1. PART 1

          1. 1. Interpretation

          2. 2. (1) In this Schedule— “ dynamic adaptive routing ” means...

       2. PART 2 Electronics

       3. PART 3 Computers

       4. PART 4 Telecommunications and information security

          1. CHAPTER 1 Telecommunication equipment

          2. CHAPTER 2 Information security

       5. PART 5 Sensors and lasers

       6. PART 6 Navigation and avionics

       7. PART 7 Marine

       8. PART 8 Aerospace and Propulsion

    6. SCHEDULE 2D

       Consumer communication devices

       1. 1. In regulation 31E, “ consumer communication device ” means any...

       2. 2. For the purposes of paragraph 1, goods and technology are...

    7. SCHEDULE 2E

       Luxury goods

       1. PART 1

          1. 1. Interpretation

       2. PART 2

          1. 2. Luxury items

          2. 3. Caviar and caviar substitutes, meaning any thing which falls within...

          3. 4. Truffles and preparations thereof falling within the commodity codes set...

          4. 5. Wines (including sparkling wines), beers, spirits and spirituous beverages, meaning...

          5. 6. Cigars or cigarillos falling within the commodity codes set out...

          6. 7. Perfumes, toilet waters and cosmetics, including beauty and make-up products,...

          7. 8. Leather, saddlery, travel goods, handbags or similar articles, meaning any...

          8. 9. Garments, clothing, accessories or shoes, meaning any thing which falls...

          9. 10. Carpets, rugs and tapestries, hand-made or not, meaning any thing...

          10. 11. Pearls, precious and semi-precious stones, articles of pearls, jewellery, gold-...

          11. 12. Coins and banknotes, meaning any thing which falls within the...

          12. 13. Any item of cutlery, bladed or edged instruments and tools...

          13. 14. Tableware of porcelain, china, stoneware or earthenware or fine pottery...

          14. 15. Items of lead crystal falling within the commodity codes set...

          15. 16. Electronic items for domestic use, meaning any thing which falls...

          16. 17. Electrical/electronic or optical apparatus for recording and reproducing sound and...

          17. 18. Vehicles, except ambulances, for the transport of persons on earth,...

          18. 19. Clocks and watches and their parts, meaning any thing which...

          19. 20. Musical instruments, meaning any thing which falls within the commodity...

          20. 21. Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques, meaning any thing...

          21. 22. Articles and equipment for sports, including skiing, golf, diving and...

          22. 23. Articles and equipment for billiards, automatic bowling, casino games and...

    8. SCHEDULE 2F

       Oil refining goods and technology

       1. PART 1

          1. 1. Interpretation

       2. PART 2

          1. 2. Oil refining goods

          2. 3. Catalysts used in the following processes for the refining of...

          3. 4. Oil refining technology

          4. 5. “Technology” for the “development”, “production” or “use” of any thing...

    9. SCHEDULE 2G

       Quantum computing and advanced materials goods and technology

       1. PART 1

          1. 1. Interpretation

       2. PART 2

          1. 2. Quantum computing and advanced materials goods

          2. 3. “Cryogenic refrigeration systems” designed to maintain temperatures below 1.1 kelvin...

          3. 4. Ultra-High vacuum (“ UHV ”) equipment as follows—

          4. 5. High quantum efficiency (“ QE ”) photodetectors and sources with...

          5. 6. Manufacturing equipment as follows— (a) additive manufacturing equipment for the...

          6. 7. Metal powders and metal alloy powders specially designed for the...

          7. 8. Microscopes, related equipment and detectors, as follows—

          8. 9. “Decapsulation” equipment for semiconductor devices. Note: “ Decapsulation ” means...

          9. 10. Quantum computing and advanced materials technology

          10. 11. “Software” for digital twins (DT) of additive manufactured products or...

          11. 12. “Technology” “required” for the “development”, “production” or “use” of the...

    10. SCHEDULE 2H

        Chemical and Biological Weapons-Related Goods and Chemical and Biological Weapons-Related Technology

        1. PART 1

           1. 1. Interpretation

        2. PART 2

    11. SCHEDULE 2I

        Machinery-Related Goods and Machinery-Related Technology

        1. PART 1

           1. 1. Interpretation

        2. PART 2

           1. 2. Machinery-related goods

           2. 3. Machinery-related technology

           3. 4. “Technology” for the “development”, “production” or “use” of any thing...

    12. SCHEDULE 2J

        Cement, Gold, Gold Jewellery, Rubber and Wood Products

        1. PART 1

           1. 1. Interpretation

        2. PART 2

           1. 2. Cement, gold, gold jewellery, rubber and wood products

           2. 3. “ gold ” means any thing falling within—

           3. 4. “ gold jewellery ” means any thing falling within—

           4. 5. “ rubber ” means any thing falling within—

           5. 6. “ wood ” means any thing falling within—

    13. SCHEDULE 3

        Treasury licences: purposes

        1. PART 1 Asset-freeze etc.

           1. 1. Interpretation

           2. 2. Basic needs

           3. 3. Legal services

           4. 4. Maintenance of frozen funds and economic resources

           5. 5. Extraordinary expenses

           6. 6. Pre-existing judicial decisions etc

           7. 7. Diplomatic missions etc.

           8. 8. Extraordinary situation

           9. 9. Prior obligations

           10. 10. Humanitarian assistance activity

           11. 10A. Medical goods or services

           12. 10B. Food

        2. PART 2 Loans and credit

           1. 11. Humanitarian assistance activity

           2. 12. Nuclear safety

           3. 13. Extraordinary situation

           4. 14. Diplomatic missions etc.

           5. 14A. Medical goods or services

           6. 14B. Food

        3. PART 3 Insurance and reinsurance

           1. 15. Humanitarian assistance activity

           2. 16. Nuclear safety

           3. 17. Extraordinary situation

           4. 18. Medical goods or services

           5. 19. Food

        4. PART 4 Foreign exchange reserve and asset management services

           1. 20. Humanitarian assistance activity

           2. 21. Financial regulation

           3. 22. Financial stability

           4. 23. Safety and soundness of a firm

           5. 24. Extraordinary situation

17. Explanatory Note