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Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018
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44Protection for acts done for purposes of complianceU.K.
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(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.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 44 extended (22.7.2020) by The Global Human Rights Sanctions (Overseas Territories) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/773), arts. 1(1), 3(a), Sch. 1
C2S. 44 extended (Isle of Man) (22.7.2020) by The Global Human Rights Sanctions (Isle of Man) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/774), arts. 1(1), 3(1)(b)
C3S. 44 extended (British overseas territories) (31.12.2020) by The Unauthorised Drilling Activities in the Eastern Mediterranean (Sanctions) (Overseas Territories) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/1579), arts. 1(1), 3(a), Sch. 1
C4S. 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
C5S. 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
C6S. 44 extended (British overseas territories) (31.12.2020) by The Afghanistan (Sanctions) (Overseas Territories) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/1284), regs. 1(1), 3(a), Sch. 1
C7S. 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
C8S. 44 extended (British overseas territories) (31.12.2020) by The Misappropriation (Sanctions) (Overseas Territories) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/1575), arts. 1(1), 3(a), Sch. 1
C9S. 44 extended (British overseas territories) (31.12.2020) by The Syria (United Nations Sanctions) (Cultural Property) (Overseas Territories) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/1562), arts. 1(1), 3(a), Sch. 1
C10S. 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
C11S. 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
C12S. 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
C13S. 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
C14S. 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
C15S. 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
C16S. 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
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 Venezuela (Sanctions) (Overseas Territories) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/1262), 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 Russia (Sanctions) (Overseas Territories) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/1571), 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. 2020/591, 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
C20S. 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
C21S. 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
C22S. 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
C23S. 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
C24S. 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
C25S. 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
C26S. 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
C27S. 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
C28S. 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
C29S. 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
C30S. 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
C31S. 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
C32S. 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
C33S. 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
C34S. 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
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 Syria (Sanctions) (Overseas Territories) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/1580), arts. 1(1), 3(a), Sch. 1; S.I. 2020/1514, regs. 4, 18
C36S. 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
C37S. 44 extended (Isle of Man) (29.4.2021) by The Global Anti-Corruption Sanctions (Isle of Man) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/526), arts. 1(1), 3(1)(b)
C38S. 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)
C39S. 44 extended (British overseas territories) (29.4.2021) by The Global Anti-Corruption Sanctions (Overseas Territories) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/525), arts. 1(1), 3(a), Sch. 1
C40S. 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
Commencement Information
I1S. 44 in force at 22.11.2018 by S.I. 2018/1213, reg. 2(b)
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