Finance: exceptions from prohibitionsU.K.
27.—(1) The prohibition in regulation 8 (asset-freeze in relation to designated persons) and 25 (asset-freeze in relation to Usama bin Laden) is not contravened by an independent person (“P”) transferring to another person a legal or equitable interest in funds or economic resources where, immediately before the transfer, the interest—
(a)is held by P, and
(b)is not held jointly with the designated person.
(2) In paragraph (1) “independent person” means a person who—
(a)is not the designated person, and
(b)is not owned or controlled directly or indirectly (within the meaning of regulation 7) by the designated person.
(3) The prohibitions in regulations 8 to 10 (asset-freeze in relation to, and making funds available to, or for the benefit of, designated persons) and 25 are not contravened by a relevant institution crediting a frozen account with interest or other earnings due on the account.
(4) The prohibitions in regulations 9 and 10 are not contravened by a relevant institution crediting a frozen account where it receives funds transferred to that institution for crediting to that account.
(5) The prohibitions in regulations 9 and 10 are not contravened by a person transferring funds to a relevant institution for crediting to an account held or controlled (directly or indirectly) by a designated person, where those funds are transferred in discharge (or partial discharge) of an obligation which arose before the date on which the person became a designated person.
(6) The prohibitions in regulations 8 to 10 and 25 are not contravened in relation to a designated person (“P”) by a transfer of funds from account A to account B, where—
(a)account A is with a relevant institution which carries on an excluded activity within the meaning of section 142D of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 M1,
(b)account B is with a ring-fenced body within the meaning of section 142A of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 M2, and
(c)accounts A and B are held or controlled (directly or indirectly) by P.
(7) The prohibition in [F1regulation 10] is not contravened by the making of a payment which—
(a)is a benefit under or by virtue of an enactment relating to social security (irrespective of the name or nature of the benefit), and
(b)is made to a person who is not a designated person,
whether or not the payment is made in respect of a designated person.
(8) In this regulation—
“designated person” has the same meaning as it has in Part 3 (finance);
“frozen account” means an account with a relevant institution which is held or controlled directly or indirectly by a designated person;
“relevant institution” means a person that has permission under Part 4A of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 M3 (permission to carry on regulated activity).
(9) The definition of “relevant institution” in paragraph 7 is to be read with section 22 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 M4, any relevant order under that section M5 and Schedule 2 to that Act M6.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in reg. 27(7) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Sanctions (EU Exit) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/843), regs. 1(2), 4(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Commencement Information
I1Reg. 27 not in force at made date, see reg. 1(2)
I2Reg. 27 in force at 31.12.2020 on IP completion day by S.I. 2019/627, reg. 9(2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Marginal Citations
M12000 c. 8. Section 142D was inserted by the Financial Services (Banking Reform) Act 2013 (c. 33), section 4(1).
M2Section 142A was inserted by the Financial Services (Banking Reform) Act 2013 (c. 33), section 4(1).
M3Part 4A was inserted by the Financial Services Act 2012 (c. 21), section 11(2) and amended by S.I. 2018/135.
M4Section 22 was amended by the Financial Guidance and Claims Act 2018 (c. 10), section 27(4); the Financial Services Act section 7(1); and S.I. 2018/135.
M5S.I. 2001/544 as most recently amended by S.I. 2018/1288 and prospectively amended by S.I. 2018/1403.
M6Schedule 2 was amended by the Regulation of Financial Services (Land Transactions) Act 2005 (c. 24), section 1, the Dormant Bank and Building Societies Accounts Act 2008 (c. 31), section 15 and Schedule 2, paragraph 1; the Financial Services Act 2012, section 7(2) to (5) and 8; and S.I. 2013/1881; and it is prospectively amended by S.I. 2018/135.