The Unauthorised Drilling Activities in the Eastern Mediterranean (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020

Transitional provision: Treasury licences U.K.

39.—(1) Paragraphs (2) to (4) apply to a licence which—

(a) was granted by the Treasury under regulation 9 of the 2019 Regulations,

(b) was in effect immediately before the relevant date, and

(c) authorises conduct which would (on and after the relevant date, and in the absence of paragraphs (2) to (4)) be prohibited under Part 3 (Finance),

and such a licence is referred to in this regulation as “an existing financial sanctions licence”.

(2) An existing financial sanctions licence which authorises an act which would otherwise be prohibited has effect on and after the relevant date as if it had been issued by the Treasury under regulation 21(1) (Treasury licences).

(3) Any reference in an existing financial sanctions licence to the 2019 Regulations is to be treated on and after the relevant date as a reference to these Regulations.

(4) Any reference in an existing financial sanctions licence to a prohibition in—

(a) the 2019 Regulations, or

(b) the EU Turkey Regulation,

is to be treated on and after the relevant date as a reference to the corresponding prohibition in Part 3.

(5) Paragraph (6) applies where—

(a) an application for a licence, or for the variation of a licence, under the 2019 Regulations was made before the relevant date,

(b) the application is for the authorisation of conduct which would (on and after the relevant date) be prohibited under Part 3, and

(c) a decision to grant or refuse the application has not been made before that date.

(6) The application is to be treated on and after the relevant date as an application for a licence, or for the variation of a licence (as the case may be), under regulation 21(1) (Treasury licences).

(7) In this regulation—

“the 2019 Regulations” means the Turkey (Asset-Freezing) Regulations 2019;

“the EU Turkey Regulation” means Council Regulation (EU) 2019/1890 of 11 November 2019 concerning restrictive measures in view of Turkey's unauthorised drilling activities in the Eastern Mediterranean M1 , as it has effect in EU law;

“the relevant date” means—

(a)

where regulations under section 56 of the Act provide that Part 3 comes into force at a specified time on a day, that time on that day, and

(b)

otherwise, the date on which Part 3 comes into force.

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 39 not in force at made date, see reg. 1(2)

I2 Reg. 39 in force at 31.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1514, reg. 24(2)

Marginal Citations

M1 OJ No. L 291, 12.11.2019, p.3.