PART 1General
PurposesI1I24
1
The regulations contained in this instrument that are made under section 1 of the Act have the following purposes—
a
compliance with the relevant UN obligations, and
b
the additional purposes mentioned in paragraph (2).
2
Those additional purposes are—
a
promoting the abandonment by Iran of nuclear weapons programmes,
b
restricting the ability of Iran to develop nuclear weapons and nuclear weapons delivery systems, and
c
promoting implementation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action,
otherwise than by compliance with the relevant UN obligations.
3
In this regulation “the relevant UN obligations” means—
a
the obligation that the United Kingdom has by virtue of paragraph 7(b) of, and paragraph 6(c) of Annex B to, resolution 2231 (asset-freeze etc) to take the measures required by that provision in respect of persons M1 for the time being named for the purposes of that provision by the Security Council or the Committee;
b
the obligations that the United Kingdom has by virtue of paragraph 7(b) of, and paragraphs 2, 4, 5 and 6 (a), (b) and (d) to (f) of Annex B to, resolution 2231.