The Somalia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020

Interpretation U.K.

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 Schedule 1 for the meaning of that term in that Schedule);

“CEMA” means the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979 M1 ;

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

“the Committee” means the Committee of the United Nations Security Council established in accordance with paragraph 11 of resolution 751 M2 [F1 and paragraph 31 of resolution 2713];

“conduct” includes acts and omissions;

[F2 “director disqualification licence” means a licence under regulation 47A;]

“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 Dual-Use Regulation” means Council Regulation (EC) No 428/2009 of 5 May 2009 setting up a Community regime for the control of exports, transfer, brokering and transit of dual-use items;

“the EU Somalia Regulation 1” means Council Regulation (EU) No 147/2003 of 27 January 2003 concerning certain restrictive measures in respect of Somalia M3 as it has effect in EU law;

“the EU Somalia Regulation 2” means Council Regulation (EU) No 356/2010 of 26 April 2010 imposing certain specific restrictive measures directed against certain natural or legal persons, entities or bodies, in view of the situation in Somalia M4 as it has effect in EU law;

“humanitarian assistance activity” includes the work of international and non-governmental organisations carrying out relief activities in Somalia for the benefit of the civilian population there;

[F3 “IED component goods” has the meaning given in regulation 19(1);]

[F3 “IED components technology” has the meaning given in regulation 19(1);]

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“resolution 751” means resolution 751 (1992) adopted by the Security Council on 24 April 1992;

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“resolution 1844” means resolution 1844 (2008) adopted by the Security Council on 20 November 2008;

“resolution 2002” means resolution 2002 (2011) adopted by the Security Council on 29 July 2011;

“resolution 2036” means resolution 2036 (2012) adopted by the Security Council on 22 February 2012;

“resolution 2060” means resolution 2060 (2012) adopted by the Security Council on 25 July 2012;

“resolution 2093” means resolution 2093 (2013) adopted by the Security Council on 6 March 2013;

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“resolution 2444” means resolution 2444 (2018) adopted by the Security Council on 14 November 2018;

“resolution 2498” means resolution 2498 (2019) adopted by the Security Council on 15 November 2019;

[F5 “resolution 2551” means resolution 2551 (2020) adopted by the Security Council on 12 November 2020;]

[F6 “resolution 2713” means resolution 2713 (2023) adopted by the Security Council on 1 December 2023;]

“trade licence” means a licence under regulation 48;

“Treasury licence” means a licence under regulation 47;

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

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in reg. 2 inserted (29.5.2024) by The Somalia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/609), regs. 1(2), 2(2)(a)

F2 Words in reg. 2 inserted (5.6.2024) by The Sanctions (EU Exit) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/644), regs. 1(2), 10(2)

F3 Words in reg. 2 inserted (29.5.2024) by The Somalia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/609), regs. 1(2), 2(2)(b)

F4 Words in reg. 2 omitted (29.5.2024) by virtue of The Somalia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/609), regs. 1(2), 2(2)(c)

F5 Words in reg. 2 inserted (2.8.2021) by The Somalia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/823), regs. 1(2), 2(2)

F6 Words in reg. 2 inserted (29.5.2024) by The Somalia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/609), regs. 1(2), 2(2)(d)

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 2 in force at 14.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1514, reg. 12(1)

Marginal Citations

M1 1979 c.2. Amendments have been made to this Act and are cited, where relevant, in respect of the applicable regulations.

M2 Established by paragraph 11 of resolution 751 and renamed the “Committee pursuant to resolution 751 (1992) concerning Somalia” by paragraph 9 of resolution 2444 adopted by the Security Council on 14 November 2018.

M3 OJ No. L 024, 29.1.2003, p2; amended by Council Regulation (EU) 2020/169 (OJ No. L36, 7.2.2020, p1) which inserted a new Article 3c to prohibit certain activities in connection with improvised explosive devices components.

M4 OJ No. L 105, 27.4.2010, p. 1.