C3PART 1Sanctions regulations
CHAPTER 2Review by appropriate Minister, and other reviews
Revocation, variation and review of designations
I1C122Power to vary or revoke designation made under regulations
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In this section and section 23—
“a relevant designation” means a designation made under a designation power contained in regulations under section 1;
“the Minister”, in relation to a relevant designation, means the appropriate Minister who made that designation.
2
A relevant designation may at any time be varied or revoked by the Minister.
3
If at any time the Minister considers that the required conditions are not met in respect of a relevant designation, the Minister must revoke the designation.
4
In subsection (3) “the required conditions” means—
a
I2C223Right to request variation or revocation of designation
1
At any time while a relevant designation has effect, the designated person may—
a
request the Minister to vary the designation, or
b
request the Minister to revoke the designation.
2
But where a request under this section has been made in respect of a designation, no further request may be made under this section in respect of that designation unless the grounds on which the further request is made are or include that there is a significant matter which has not previously been considered by the Minister.
3
On a request under this section the Minister must decide whether to vary or revoke the designation or to take no action with respect to it (but see section 22(3)).
4
In this section —
“the designated person” means the person named by the designation or, where the designation is of persons of a specified description, any person of that description;
“the Minister” has the meaning given by section 22(1);
“relevant designation” has the meaning given by section 22(1).
F524Periodic review of certain designations
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I325Right of UN-named person to request review
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This section applies where—
a
the purpose, or a purpose, of a provision of regulations under section 1 is compliance with an obligation to take particular measures that the United Kingdom has by virtue of a UN Security Council Resolution (“the Resolution”),
b
a person is a designated person for the purposes of that provision, and
c
the person is such a designated person under provision included in the regulations by virtue of section 13 (persons named by or under UN Security Council Resolutions).
2
The person may request the Secretary of State to use the Secretary of State's best endeavours to secure that the person's name is removed from the relevant UN list.
3
But where a person has made a request under this section in respect of a designation, that person may make no further request under this section in respect of that designation unless the grounds on which the further request is made are or include that there is a significant matter which has not previously been considered by the Secretary of State.
4
On a request under this section the Secretary of State must decide whether or not to comply with the request.
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For the purposes of this section a person's name is “removed from the relevant UN list” if the person ceases to be named (by the Security Council or a subsidiary organ of the Security Council) for the purposes of the Resolution so far as it provides for the taking of the measures in question.
Pt. 1: power to amend conferred (15.3.2022) by Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act 2022 (c. 10), ss. 66(1)(a), 69(3)