The Iran (Sanctions) (Nuclear) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

1. Introductory Text

2. PART 1 General

   1. 1. Citation and commencement

   2. 2. Interpretation

   3. 3. Application of prohibitions and requirements outside the United Kingdom

   4. 4. Purposes

3. PART 2 Designation of persons

   1. 5. Power to designate persons

   2. 6. Criteria for designating a person

   3. 7. Meaning of “owned or controlled directly or indirectly”

   4. 8. Notification and publicity where designation power used

   5. 9. Confidential information in certain cases where designation power used

   6. 10. Designation of persons named by or under UN Security Council Resolutions

4. PART 3 Finance

   1. 11. Meaning of “designated person” in Part 3

   2. 12. Asset-freeze in relation to designated persons

   3. 13. Making funds available to designated person

   4. 14. Making funds available for benefit of designated person

   5. 15. Making economic resources available to designated person

   6. 16. Making economic resources available for benefit of designated person

   7. 17. Financial messaging services

   8. 18. Circumventing etc prohibitions

5. PART 3A Director disqualification sanctions

   1. 18A. Director disqualification sanctions

6. PART 4 Immigration

   1. 19. Immigration

7. PART 5 Trade

   1. CHAPTER 1 Exports to Iran and related activities

      1. 20. Meaning of “restricted goods” and “restricted technology” in this Chapter

      2. 21. Export of restricted goods to, or for use in, Iran

      3. 22. Supply and delivery of restricted goods from a third country to Iran

      4. 23. Making available restricted goods and restricted technology

      5. 24. Transfer of restricted technology to a place in Iran or a person connected with Iran

      6. 25. Technical assistance relating to restricted goods and restricted technology

      7. 26. Financial services and funds relating to restricted goods and restricted technology

      8. 27. Brokering services: non-UK activity relating to restricted goods and restricted technology

   2. CHAPTER 2 Imports from Iran and related activities

      1. 28. Import of certain goods from Iran

      2. 29. Supply and delivery of certain goods to a third country from a place in Iran

      3. 30. Acquisition of certain goods and technology which are located in Iran

      4. 31. Transfer of certain technology from a place in Iran

   3. CHAPTER 3 Other trade restrictions relation to Iran

      1. 32. Arrangements relating to uranium mining and certain restricted goods and technology

      2. 33. Services in relation to certain ships and aircraft

   4. CHAPTER 4 Interpretation of this Part and further provision

      1. 34. Interpretation of this Part

      2. 35. Circumventing etc prohibitions

      3. 36. Defences

8. PART 6 Exceptions and licences

   1. 37. Finance: exceptions from prohibitions

   2. 37ZA. Finance: humanitarian exception

   3. 37A. Exception for authorised conduct in a relevant country

   4. 38. Exception for acts done for purposes of national security or prevention of serious crime

   5. 39. Exception relating to services provided to certain ships and aircraft

   6. 40. Treasury licences

   7. 40A. Director disqualification licences

   8. 41. Trade licences

   9. 42. Licences: general provisions

   10. 43. Finance: licensing offences

   11. 43A. Director disqualification: licensing offences

   12. 44. Trade: licensing offences

   13. 45. Section 8B(1) to (3) of Immigration Act 1971: directions

9. PART 7 Information and records

   1. 46. Finance: reporting obligations

   2. 47. “Relevant firm”

   3. 48. Finance: powers to request information

   4. 49. Finance: production of documents

   5. 50. Finance: information offences

   6. 51. Trade: application of information powers in CEMA

   7. 52. General trade licences: records

   8. 53. General trade licences: inspection of records

   9. 54. Disclosure of information

   10. 54A. Finance: disclosure to the Treasury

   11. 55. Part 7: supplementary

10. PART 8 Enforcement

    1. 56. Penalties for offences

    2. 57. Liability of officers of bodies corporate etc

    3. 58. Jurisdiction to try offences

    4. 59. Procedure for offences by unincorporated bodies

    5. 60. Time limit for proceedings for summary offences

    6. 61. Trade enforcement: application of CEMA

    7. 62. Trade offences in CEMA: modification of penalty

    8. 63. Application of Chapter 1 of Part 2 of Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005

    9. 64. Monetary penalties

11. PART 9 Maritime enforcement

    1. 65. Exercise of maritime enforcement powers

    2. 66. Maritime enforcement officers

    3. 67. Power to stop, board, search etc

    4. 68. Seizure power

    5. 69. Restrictions on exercise of maritime enforcement powers

    6. 70. Interpretation of Part 9

12. PART 10 Supplementary and final provision

    1. 71. Notices

    2. 72. Article 20 of the Export Control Order 2008

    3. 73. Trade: overlapping offences

    4. 74. Revocations

    5. 75. Transitional provision: Treasury licences

    6. 76. Transitional provision: trade licences

    7. 77. Transitional provision: pending applications for trade licences

    8. 78. Transitional Provisions: prior obligations

13. Signature

14. SCHEDULES

    1. SCHEDULE 1

       Rules for interpretation of regulation 7(2)

       1. 1. Application of Schedule

       2. 2. Joint interests

       3. 3. Joint arrangements

       4. 4. Calculating shareholdings

       5. 5. Voting rights

       6. 6. In applying regulation 7(2) and this Schedule, the voting rights...

       7. 7. Rights to appoint or remove members of the board

       8. 8. A reference to a board of directors, in the case...

       9. 9. Shares or rights held “indirectly”

       10. 10. Shares held by nominees

       11. 11. Rights treated as held by person who controls their exercise

       12. 12. “Arrangement” includes— (a) any scheme, agreement or understanding, whether or...

       13. 13. Rights exercisable only in certain circumstances etc.

       14. 14. Rights attached to shares held by way of security

    2. SCHEDULE 2

       Treasury licences: purposes

       1. PART 1 Designated Persons

          1. 1. Basic needs

          2. 2. Legal services

          3. 3. Maintenance of frozen funds and economic resources

          4. 4. Extraordinary expenses

          5. 5. Pre-existing judicial decisions etc

          6. 6. Prior obligations

          7. 7. Activities related to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action

       2. PART 2 Non-UN designated persons

          1. 8. Humanitarian assistance activities

          2. 9. Diplomatic missions etc

          3. 10. Extraordinary situation

       3. PART 3 Interpretation

          1. 11. In this Schedule— “designated person” has the same meaning as...

15. Explanatory Note