PART 1General
Citation, commencement and application1.
(1)
These Regulations may be cited as the Nicaragua (Asset-Freezing) Regulations 2019 and come into force on 6th November 2019.
(2)
An offence under these Regulations may be committed by conduct wholly or partly outside the United Kingdom by—
(a)
a UK national, or
(b)
a body incorporated or constituted under the law of any part of the United Kingdom.
(3)
In paragraph (2)—
“conduct” includes acts and omissions;
“UK national” means—
(a)
a British citizen,
(b)
a British overseas territories citizen who acquired their citizenship from a connection with Gibraltar, or
(c)
a British subject under Part IV of the British Nationality Act 19814 (British subjects) with the right of abode in the United Kingdom.