The Republic of Guinea-Bissau (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

PART 8 U.K. Supplementary and final provision

Notices U.K.

37.—(1) This regulation applies in relation to a notice required by regulation 21 (licences: general provisions) to be given to a person.

(2) The notice may be given to an individual—

(a) by delivering it to the individual,

(b) by sending it to the individual by post addressed to the individual at his or her usual or last-known place of residence or business, or

(c) by leaving it for the individual at that place.

(3) The notice may be given to a person other than an individual—

(a) by sending it by post to the proper officer of the body at its principal office, or

(b) by addressing it to the proper officer of the body and leaving it at that office.

(4) The notice may be given to the person by other means, including by electronic means, with the person's consent.

(5) In this regulation, the reference in paragraph (3) to a “principal office”—

(a) in relation to a registered company, is to be read as a reference to the company's registered office;

(b) in relation to a body incorporated or constituted under the law of a country other than the United Kingdom, includes a reference to the body's principal office in the United Kingdom (if any).

(6) In this regulation—

• “proper officer”—

  (a)

  in relation to a body other than a partnership, means the secretary or other executive officer charged with the conduct of the body's general affairs, and

  (b)

  in relation to a partnership, means a partner or a person who has the control or management of the partnership business;

• “registered company” means a company registered under the enactments relating to companies for the time being in force in the United Kingdom.

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 37 not in force at made date, see reg. 1(2)

I2 Reg. 37 in force at 31.12.2020 by S.I. 2019/627, reg. 10(2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

Revocation of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau Council Regulation U.K.

38.  Council Regulation (EU) No 377/2012 of 3 May 2012 concerning restrictive measures directed against certain persons, entities and bodies threatening the peace, security or stability of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau is revoked.

Commencement Information

I3 Reg. 38 not in force at made date, see reg. 1(2)

I4 Reg. 38 in force at 31.12.2020 by S.I. 2019/627, reg. 10(2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

Other revocations U.K.

39.  The Guinea-Bissau (Asset-Freezing) Regulations 2012 M1 are revoked.

Commencement Information

I5 Reg. 39 not in force at made date, see reg. 1(2)

I6 Reg. 39 in force at 31.12.2020 by S.I. 2019/627, reg. 10(2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

Marginal Citations

M1 S.I. 2012/1301, as amended by the Wales Act 2014 (c.29), section 4(4)(a), S.I. 2012/1301, S.I. 2013/472, S.I. 2013/534, S.I. 2017/560 and S.I. 2018/682 and as prospectively amended by S.I. 2018/1149.

Transitional provision: Treasury licences U.K.

40.—(1) Paragraphs (2) to (4) apply to a licence which—

(a) was granted, or deemed to be granted, by the Treasury under regulation 9 of the 2012 Regulations,

(b) was in effect immediately before the relevant date, and

(c) authorises conduct which would (on and after the relevant date, and in the absence of paragraphs (2) to (4)) be prohibited under Part 3 (Finance),

and such a licence is referred to in this regulation as “an existing financial sanctions licence”.

(2) An existing financial sanctions licence which authorises an act which would otherwise be prohibited has effect on and after the relevant date as if it had been issued by the Treasury under regulation 20(1) (Treasury licences).

(3) Any reference in an existing financial sanctions licence to the 2012 Regulations is to be treated on and after the relevant date as a reference to these Regulations.

(4) Any reference in an existing financial sanctions licence to a prohibition in—

(a) the 2012 Regulations, or

(b) the EU Guinea-Bissau Regulation,

is to be treated on and after the relevant date as a reference to the corresponding prohibition in Part 3.

(5) Paragraph (6) applies where—

(a) an application for a licence, or for the variation of a licence, under the 2012 Regulations was made before the relevant date,

(b) the application is for the authorisation of conduct which would (on and after the relevant date) be prohibited under Part 3, and

(c) a decision to grant or refuse the application has not been made before that date.

(6) The application is to be treated on and after the relevant date as an application for a licence, or for the variation of a licence (as the case may be), under regulation 20(1) (Treasury licences).

(7) In this regulation—

“the 2012 Regulations” means the Guinea-Bissau (Asset-Freezing) Regulations 2012;

“the relevant date” means—

(a)

where regulations under section 56 of the Act provide that Part 3 comes into force at a specified time on a day, that time on that day;

(b)

otherwise, the date on which Part 3 comes into force.

Commencement Information

I7 Reg. 40 not in force at made date, see reg. 1(2)

I8 Reg. 40 in force at 31.12.2020 by S.I. 2019/627, reg. 10(2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

Transitional provision: prior obligations etc U.K.

41.—(1) Where—

(a) a person was named in Annex Ⅰ of the EU Guinea-Bissau Regulation immediately before the relevant date, and

(b) the person is a designated person immediately before the relevant date,

any reference in a provision mentioned in paragraph (2) to the date on which a person became a designated person is a reference to the date on which the person was named in that Annex.

(2) The provisions referred to in paragraph (1) are—

(a) regulation 18(5) (finance: exception from prohibitions), and

(b) paragraphs 6(b)(i) and 9(a) of Schedule 2 (Treasury licences: purposes).

(3) In paragraph (1)—

“designated person” has the same meaning as it has in Part 3 (Finance);

“the relevant date” means—

(a)

where regulations under section 56 of the Act provide that Part 3 comes into force at a specified time on a day, that time on that day;

(b)

otherwise, the date on which Part 3 comes into force.

Commencement Information

I9 Reg. 41 not in force at made date, see reg. 1(2)

I10 Reg. 41 in force at 31.12.2020 by S.I. 2019/627, reg. 10(2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)