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CHAPTER 5U.K.Miscellaneous

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41Procedure for dealing with goods etc seized from shipsU.K.

(1)The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision about the procedure to be followed in connection with goods seized under a power conferred by regulations under section 1 by virtue of section 19 or 20.

(2)Regulations under this section relating to goods seized on suspicion of being prohibited goods or relevant goods may include provision—

(a)requiring prescribed persons to be notified of the seizure of the goods;

(b)requiring the Secretary of State to determine whether the seized goods were, at the time of their seizure, prohibited goods (where the goods were seized under a power conferred by virtue of section 19) or relevant goods (where the goods were seized under a power conferred by virtue of section 20);

(c)enabling the making of a claim by prescribed persons in relation to the seized goods;

(d)about the determination by a prescribed court of any such claim;

(e)about the publicity to be given to any such determination by a court;

(f)for and about the return of seized goods to prescribed persons before or after any such determination of a claim by a court;

(g)about the treatment of seized goods not so returned (including, in prescribed circumstances, their destruction or sale);

(h)for and about the payment of compensation by the Secretary of State following a determination by a court that the goods were not, at the time of their seizure, prohibited goods (where the goods were seized under a power conferred by virtue of section 19) or relevant goods (where the goods were seized under a power conferred by virtue of section 20).

(3)In this section—

  • goods” has the same meaning as in sections 19 and 20 (see subsections (13) of those sections);

  • prohibited goods” has the same meaning as in section 19 (see subsection (13) of that section);

  • relevant goods” has the same meaning as in section 20 (see subsection (11) of that section).

Commencement Information

I1S. 41 in force at 22.11.2018 by S.I. 2018/1213, reg. 2(b)

42Suspension of prohibitions and requirementsU.K.

(1)An appropriate Minister may make regulations (“suspending regulations”) providing that—

(a)while the suspending regulations have effect, or

(b)for a specified period,

a specified prohibition or requirement of regulations under section 1 is not to have effect.

(2)In this section “specified” means specified in the suspending regulations.

(3)A period specified under subsection (1)(b) may be expressed in any way, including, for example, being expressed in a way such that—

(a)the period begins, or ends, when a specified condition is met, or

(b)the period begins when a specified condition is met and lasts for so long as the suspending regulations or a specified provision of those regulations has effect.

Commencement Information

I2S. 42 in force at 22.11.2018 by S.I. 2018/1213, reg. 2(b)

43Guidance about regulations under section 1U.K.

(1)Where regulations are made under section 1, the appropriate Minister who made the regulations must issue guidance about any prohibitions and requirements imposed by the regulations.

(2)The guidance may include guidance about—

(a)best practice for complying with the prohibitions and requirements;

(b)the enforcement of the prohibitions and requirements;

(c)circumstances where the prohibitions and requirements do not apply.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C2S. 43 extended (Isle of Man) (with modifications) (22.7.2020) by The Global Human Rights Sanctions (Isle of Man) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/774), arts. 1(1), 3(1)(a)

C3S. 43 extended (Isle of Man) (with modifications) (29.4.2021 at 5.00 p.m.) by The Myanmar (Sanctions) (Isle of Man) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/529), arts. 1(1), 3(1)(a)

C4S. 43 extended (Isle of Man) (with modifications) (29.4.2021) by The Global Anti-Corruption Sanctions (Isle of Man) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/526), arts. 1(1), 3(1)(a)

C5S. 43 extended (Isle of Man) (with modifications) (11.11.2021 for specified purposes) by The Republic of Belarus (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Isle of Man) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/1257), arts. 1(1), 3

C6S. 43 extended (Isle of Man) (with modifications) (28.12.2022) by The Haiti (Sanctions) (Isle of Man) Order 2022 (S.I. 2022/1340), arts. 1(1), 3

C7S. 43 extended (Isle of Man) (with modifications) (14.12.2023) by The Iran (Sanctions) (Isle of Man) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/1376), arts. 1(1), 3(1)(a)

Commencement Information

I3S. 43 in force at 22.11.2018 by S.I. 2018/1213, reg. 2(b)

44Protection for acts done for purposes of complianceU.K.

(1)This section applies to an act done in the reasonable belief that the act is in compliance with—

(a)regulations under section 1, or

(b)directions given by virtue of section 6 or 7.

(2)A person is not liable to any civil proceedings to which that person would, in the absence of this section, have been liable in respect of the act.

(3)In this section “act” includes an omission.

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C11S. 44 extended (British overseas territories) (31.12.2020 immediately after S.I. 2020/951 has come into force) by The Cyber (Sanctions) (Overseas Territories) (No. 2) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/1270), arts. 1(1), 3(a), Sch. 1; S.I. 2020/1514, reg. 18

C12S. 44 extended (British overseas territories) (31.12.2020 immediately after S.I. 2020/950 has come into force) by The Somalia (Sanctions) (Overseas Territories) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/1285), arts. 1(1), 3(a), Sch. 1; S.I. 2020/1514, reg. 17

C14S. 44 extended (British overseas territories) (31.12.2020 immediately after both S.I. 2020/590 and S.I. 2020/951 have come into force) by The Burundi (Sanctions) (Overseas Territories) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/1263), arts. 1(1), 3(a), Sch. 1; S.I. 2020/1514, regs. 4, 18

C17S. 44 extended (British overseas territories) (31.12.2020 immediately after both S.I. 2020/590 and S.I. 2020/951 have come into force) by The Guinea (Sanctions) (Overseas Territories) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/1266), arts. 1(1), 3(a), Sch. 1; S.I. 2020/1514, regs. 4, 18

C18S. 44 extended (British overseas territories) (31.12.2020 immediately after both S.I. 2020/590 and S.I. 2020/951 have come into force) by The Republic of Belarus (Sanctions) (Overseas Territories) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/1271), arts. 1(1), 3(a), Sch. 1; S.I. 2020/1514, regs. 4, 18

C19S. 44 extended (British overseas territories) (31.12.2020 immediately after both S.I. 2020/590 and S.I. 2020/951 have come into force) by The Republic of Guinea-Bissau (Sanctions) (Overseas Territories) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/1587), arts. 1(1), 3(a), Sch. 1; S.I. 2020/1514, regs. 4, 18

C20S. 44 extended (British overseas territories) (31.12.2020 immediately after both S.I. 2020/590 and S.I. 2020/951 have come into force) by The Chemical Weapons (Sanctions) (Overseas Territories) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/1267), arts. 1(1), 3(a), Sch. 1; S.I. 2020/1514, regs. 4, 18

C21S. 44 extended (British overseas territories) (31.12.2020 immediately after both S.I. 2020/591 and S.I. 2020/950 have come into force) by The Democratic Republic of the Congo (Sanctions) (Overseas Territories) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/1281), arts. 1(1), 3(a), Sch. 1; S.I. 2020/1514, regs. 5, 17

C22S. 44 extended (with modifications) to specified British overseas territories (31.12.2020) by The Iraq (Sanctions) (Overseas Territories) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/1260), arts. 1(1), 3(a), Sch. 1

C23S. 44 extended (British overseas territories) (31.12.2020 immediately after S.I. 2020/951 has come into force) by The Nicaragua (Sanctions) (Overseas Territories) (No. 2) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/1269), arts. 1(1), 3(a), Sch. 1; S.I. 2020/1514, reg. 18

C24S. 44 extended (British overseas territories) (31.12.2020 immediately after both S.I. 2020/590 and S.I. 2020/951 have come into force) by The Venezuela (Sanctions) (Overseas Territories) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/1262), arts. 1(1), 3(a), Sch. 1; S.I. 2020/1514, regs. 4, 18

C25S. 44 extended (British overseas territories) (31.12.2020 immediately after both S.I. 2020/590 and S.I. 2020/951 have come into force) by The Russia (Sanctions) (Overseas Territories) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/1571), arts. 1(1), 3(a), Sch. 1; S.I. 2020/1514, regs. 4, 18

C26S. 44 extended (British overseas territories) (31.12.2020 immediately after both S.I. 2020/591, S.I. 2020/950 and S.I. 2020/1289 have come into force) by The ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida (United Nations Sanctions) (Overseas Territories) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/1608), arts. 1(2), 3(a), Sch. 1; S.I. 2020/1514, regs. 5, 17, 21

C27S. 44 extended (British overseas territories) (31.12.2020 immediately after both S.I. 2020/591, S.I. 2020/950 and S.I. 2020/1289 have come into force) by The Counter-Terrorism (International Sanctions) (Overseas Territories) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/1588), arts. 1(1), 3(a), Sch. 1; S.I. 2020/1514, regs. 5, 17, 21

C28S. 44 extended (British overseas territories) (31.12.2020 immediately after IP completion day) by The Yemen (Sanctions) (Overseas Territories) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/1589), arts. 1(1), 3(a), Sch. 1

C29S. 44 extended (British overseas territories) (31.12.2020 immediately after both S.I. 2020/950 and S.I. 2020/1289 have come into force) by The Counter-Terrorism (Sanctions) (Overseas Territories) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/1564), arts. 1(1), 3(a), Sch. 1; S.I. 2020/1514, regs. 17, 21

C30S. 44 extended (British overseas territories) (31.12.2020 immediately after both S.I. 2020/591 and S.I. 2020/950 have come into force) by The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (Sanctions) (Overseas Territories) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/1561), arts. 1(1), 3(a), Sch. 1; S.I. 2020/1514, regs. 5, 17

C31S. 44 extended (British overseas territories) (31.12.2020) by The Sudan (Sanctions) (Overseas Territories) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/1592), arts. 1(1), 3(a), Sch. 1

C32S. 44 extended (British overseas territories) (31.12.2020 immediately after S.I. 2020/950 has come into force) by The Central African Republic (Sanctions) (Overseas Territories) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/1286), arts. 1(1), 3(a), Sch. 1; S.I. 2020/1514, reg. 17

C33S. 44 extended (British overseas territories) (31.12.2020 immediately after both S.I. 2020/591 and S.I. 2020/950 have come into force) by The South Sudan (Sanctions) (Overseas Territories) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/1287), arts. 1(1), 3(a), Sch. 1; S.I. 2020/1514, regs. 5, 17

C34S. 44 extended (British overseas territories) (31.12.2020 immediately after S.I. 2020/950 has come into force) by The Lebanon (Sanctions) (Overseas Territories) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/1124), arts. 1, 3(a), Sch. 1; S.I. 2020/1514, reg. 17

C35S. 44 extended (British overseas territories) (31.12.2020 immediately after both S.I. 2020/590 and S.I. 2020/951 have come into force) by The Iran (Sanctions) (Human Rights) (Overseas Territories) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/1598), arts. 1(1), 3(a), Sch. 1; S.I. 2020/1514, regs. 4, 18

C36S. 44 extended (British overseas territories) (31.12.2020 immediately after both S.I. 2020/591 and S.I. 2020/950 have come into force) by The Iran (Sanctions) (Nuclear) (Overseas Territories) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/1563), arts. 1(1), 3(a), Sch. 1; S.I. 2020/1514, regs. 5, 17

C37S. 44 extended (British overseas territories) (31.12.2020 immediately after S.I. 2020/1397 has come into force) by The Mali (Sanctions) (Overseas Territories) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/1591), arts. 1(1), 3(a), Sch. 1; S.I. 2020/1514, reg. 22

C38S. 44 extended (British overseas territories) (31.12.2020 immediately after S.I. 2020/951 has come into force) by The Bosnia and Herzegovina (Sanctions) (Overseas Territories) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/1268), arts. 1(1), 3(a), Sch. 1; S.I. 2020/1514, reg. 5

C39S. 44 extended (British overseas territories) (31.12.2020 immediately after both S.I. 2020/590 and S.I. 2020/951 have come into force) by The Burma (Sanctions) (Overseas Territories) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/1264), arts. 1(1), 3(a), Sch. 1; S.I. 2020/1514, regs. 4, 18

C40S. 44 extended (British overseas territories) (31.12.2020 immediately after both S.I. 2020/590 and S.I. 2020/951 have come into force) by The Zimbabwe (Sanctions) (Overseas Territories) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/1272), arts. 1(1), 3(a), Sch. 1; S.I. 2020/1514, regs. 4, 18

C41S. 44 extended (British overseas territories) (31.12.2020 immediately after S.I. 2020/950 has come into force) by The Lebanon (Sanctions) (Assassination of Rafiq Hariri and others) (Overseas Territories) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/1282), arts. 1(1), 3(a), Sch. 1; S.I. 2020/1514, reg. 17

C42S. 44 extended (British overseas territories) (31.12.2020 immediately after both S.I. 2020/590 and S.I. 2020/951 have come into force) by The Syria (Sanctions) (Overseas Territories) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/1580), arts. 1(1), 3(a), Sch. 1; S.I. 2020/1514, regs. 4, 18

C43S. 44 extended (British overseas territories) (15.1.2021) by The Libya (Sanctions) (Overseas Territories) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/37), regs. 1(1), 3(a), Sch. 1

C45S. 44 extended (Isle of Man) (29.4.2021 at 5.00 p.m.) by The Myanmar (Sanctions) (Isle of Man) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/529), arts. 1(1), 3(1)(b)

C47S. 44 extended (British overseas territories) (29.4.2021 at 5.00 pm) by The Myanmar (Sanctions) (Overseas Territories) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/528), arts. 1(1), 3(a), Sch. 1

C48S. 44 extended (Isle of Man) (with modifications) (11.11.2021 for specified purposes) by The Republic of Belarus (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Isle of Man) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/1257), arts. 1(1), 3

C50S. 44 extended (British Overseas Territories) (28.12.2022) by The Haiti (Sanctions) (Overseas Territories) Order 2022 (S.I. 2022/1347), art. 3, reg. 1(1), Sch. 1

C51S. 44 extended (British overseas territories) (14.12.2023) by The Iran (Sanctions) (Overseas Territories) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/1377), arts. 1(1), 3, Sch. 1

Commencement Information

I4S. 44 in force at 22.11.2018 by S.I. 2018/1213, reg. 2(b)

45Revocation and amendment of regulations under section 1U.K.

(1)Section 1 includes a power, by further regulations under that section (“new regulations”)—

(a)to revoke any regulations under that section, or

(b)to amend any regulations under that section where the condition in subsection (2) below is met.

(2)The condition referred to in subsection (1)(b) is that the appropriate Minister making the new regulations—

(a)considers that the regulations being amended will, as amended, be sanctions regulations within the meaning given by section 1(5) that are appropriate for the purpose stated in them under section 1(3). F1...

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(6)The requirements of section 1(1) and (3)F4... F5... do not apply in relation to regulations made by virtue of this section.

(7)In relation to section 1, this section has effect in place of section 14 of the Interpretation Act 1978 (implied power to revoke and amend).

F646Report where regulations for a purpose within section 1(2) are amendedU.K.

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47Power to amend Part 1 so as to authorise additional sanctionsU.K.

(1)An appropriate Minister may by regulations amend this Part so as to authorise regulations under section 1 to impose prohibitions or requirements of kinds—

(a)which are not for the time being authorised by Chapter 1 (ignoring section 8), but

(b)which are kinds of prohibition or requirement that the United Kingdom—

(i)has any UN obligation or other international obligation to impose, or

(ii)has at any time had any UN obligation or other international obligation to impose.

(2)Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1) or section 54(2), regulations under this section—

(a)may amend the definition of “sanctions regulations” in section 1(5), and

(b)where they make any such amendment, may amend this Part in connection with that amendment.

(3)For the avoidance of doubt, regulations under this section may not add to or amend the purposes mentioned in section 1(1) or amend section 1(2).

Commencement Information

I6S. 47 in force at 22.11.2018 by S.I. 2018/1213, reg. 2(b)

48Power to make provision relating to certain appealsU.K.

(1)In this section an “immigration designation” means a designation of a person (whether by name or by description) which—

(a)is made under a designation power contained in regulations under section 1, and

(b)designates the person for the purposes of any provision of the regulations that provides for designated persons to be excluded persons for the purposes of section 8B of the Immigration Act 1971.

(2)In this section an “immigration claim” means any representation made by a person to an appropriate Minister which—

(a)is made in connection with an immigration designation of that person, and

(b)is within subsection (3).

(3)A representation is within this subsection if it is a representation by a person—

(a)that removal from the United Kingdom of that person would—

(i)breach the United Kingdom's obligations under the Human Rights Convention (“human rights obligations”), or

(ii)breach the United Kingdom's obligations under the Refugee Convention (“Refugee Convention obligations”),

(b)that requiring that person to leave the United Kingdom would breach human rights obligations or breach Refugee Convention obligations, or

(c)that refusal of entry of that person into the United Kingdom would breach human rights obligations or breach Refugee Convention obligations.

(4)The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision—

(a)about the effect of an immigration claim, or a prescribed description of immigration claim, for the purposes of prescribed provisions of the Immigration Acts;

(b)for a decision of a prescribed description made by an appropriate Minister under this Part, or such a decision so far as relating to prescribed matters, to be treated as a decision from which a person may appeal under section 82(1) of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (“the 2002 Act”);

(c)modifying Part 5 of the 2002 Act in relation to an appeal relating to such a decision;

(d)preventing the court in proceedings on an application under section 38 above from considering prescribed issues where—

(i)an immigration claim has been made and the circumstances are such as may be prescribed, or

(ii)a representation within subsection (3) is made in the proceedings and the circumstances are such as may be prescribed;

(e)in relation to any case where under regulations under section 1 above a person is an excluded person for the purposes of section 8B of the Immigration Act 1971, disapplying any of subsections (1), (2) and (3) of that section until the end of a prescribed period or until the occurrence of a prescribed event.

(5)In this section “the Human Rights Convention” and “the Refugee Convention” have the same meaning as in section 8B of the Immigration Act 1971.

Commencement Information

I7S. 48 in force at 22.11.2018 by S.I. 2018/1213, reg. 2(b)

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