The Haiti (Sanctions) Regulations 2022

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 Designations

   1. 5. Designation of persons named under UN Security Council Resolutions

4. Part 3 Finance

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

   2. 7. Meaning of “owned or controlled directly or indirectly” in Part 3

   3. 8. Asset-freeze in relation to designated persons

   4. 9. Making funds available to designated persons

   5. 10. Making funds available for benefit of designated persons

   6. 11. Making economic resources available to designated persons

   7. 12. Making economic resources available for benefit of designated persons

   8. 13. Circumventing etc. prohibitions

5. PART 4 Trade

   1. 14. Interpretation of expressions used in this Part

   2. 15. Export of small arms, light weapons and ammunition

   3. 16. Supply and delivery of small arms, light weapons and ammunition

   4. 17. Small arms, light weapons and ammunition available

   5. 18. Transfer of military technology

   6. 19. Technical assistance relating to military goods and military technology

   7. 20. Financial services and funds relating to military goods and military technology

   8. 21. Brokering services: non-UK activity relating to military goods and military technology

   9. 22. Enabling or facilitating the conduct of armed hostilities

   10. 23. Circumventing etc. prohibitions

   11. 24. Defences

6. PART 5 Exceptions and licences

   1. 25. Finance: exceptions from prohibitions

   2. 26. Finance: humanitarian exception

   3. 27. Exception for authorised conduct in a relevant country

   4. 28. Exception for acts done for purposes of national security or prevention of serious crime

   5. 29. Treasury licences

   6. 29A. Trade licences

   7. 30. Finance: licensing offences

   8. 30A. Trade: licensing offences

7. PART 6 Information and records

   1. 31. Finance: reporting obligations

   2. 32. “Relevant firm”

   3. 33. Finance: powers to request information

   4. 34. Finance: production of documents

   5. 35. Finance: information offences

   6. 36. Trade: application of information powers in CEMA

   7. 36A. General trade licences: records

   8. 36B. General trade licences: inspection of records

   9. 37. Disclosure of information

   10. 38. Finance: disclosure to the Treasury

   11. 39. Part 6: supplementary

8. PART 7 Enforcement

   1. 40. Penalties for offences

   2. 41. Liability of officers of bodies corporate etc.

   3. 42. Jurisdiction to try offences

   4. 43. Procedure for offences by unincorporated bodies

   5. 44. Time limit for proceedings for summary offences

   6. 45. Trade enforcement: application of CEMA

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

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

   9. 48. Monetary penalties

9. PART 8 Maritime enforcement

   1. 49. Exercise of maritime enforcement powers

   2. 50. Maritime enforcement officers

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

   4. 52. Seizure power

   5. 53. Restrictions on exercise of maritime enforcement powers

   6. 54. Interpretation of Part 8

10. PART 9 Supplementary and final provision

    1. 55. Notices

    2. 56. Trade: overlapping offences

11. Signature

12. SCHEDULES

    1. SCHEDULE 1

       Rules for interpretation of regulation 7(2)

       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 1A

       Definition of small arms, light weapons and ammunition

       1. 1. Definitions

       2. 2. Small arms and light weapons within ML1 and ML2

       3. 3. Accessories and ammunition for small arms and light weapons within ML1 and ML2

       4. 4. Non-military firearms

       5. 5. Light weapons within ML4

       6. 6. Ammunition for light weapons within ML4

    3. SCHEDULE 2

       Treasury licences: purposes

       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. Prior obligations

13. Explanatory Note