Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018

34 Temporary powers in relation to EU sanctions lists

(1) This section applies where—

(a) a provision of retained EU sanctions law relates to persons named in any Annex, instrument or other document, or

(b) a provision of an instrument made by the Council of the European Union (however expressed) requires or recommends that persons named, or of a description specified, in that instrument or any other document must not or should not be admitted to the United Kingdom (see section 8B of the Immigration Act 1971).

(2) An Annex, instrument or other document mentioned in subsection (1)(a) or (b) is an “EU sanctions list” for the purposes of this section.

(3) An appropriate Minister may, in respect of any EU sanctions list—

(a) direct that a person’s name is to be treated as added to the list with effect from a date specified in the direction, or

(b) direct that a person’s name is to be treated as removed from the list with effect from a date specified in the direction.

(4) The giving of a direction under paragraph (a) or (b) of subsection (3) does not prevent the giving of any subsequent direction under either of those paragraphs in respect of the same person.

(5) The power to give a direction under this section is not exercisable after two years beginning with the day on which this section comes into force.

(6) In this section “a provision of retained EU sanctions law” means a provision of retained EU law which corresponds to any provision that by virtue of any of sections 3 and 5 to 7 could be made by regulations under section 1 in relation to designated persons.

(7) Section 35 makes further provision about directions under this section.