PART 1Sanctions regulations
CHAPTER 5Miscellaneous
46Report where regulations for a purpose within section 1(2) are amended
1
This section applies where—
a
by virtue of section 45 regulations under section 1 are amended by further regulations under section 1 (“new regulations”), and
b
the regulations being amended state under section 1(3) a purpose other than compliance with a UN obligation or other international obligation.
2
The appropriate Minister making the new regulations must at the required time lay before Parliament a report which explains why that Minister is of the opinion mentioned in section 45(2)(b).
3
Nothing in subsection (2) requires the report to contain anything the disclosure of which may in the opinion of that Minister damage national security or international relations.
4
In subsection (2) “the required time” means—
a
where the new regulations are contained in a statutory instrument which is laid before Parliament after being made, the same time as the instrument is laid before Parliament;
b
where a draft of a statutory instrument containing the new regulations is laid before Parliament, the same time as the draft is laid.