The Republic of Belarus (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

Interpretation

2.  In these Regulations—

“the Act” means the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018;

“arrangement” includes any agreement, understanding, scheme, transaction or series of transactions, whether or not legally enforceable (but see paragraph 12 of Schedule 1 for the meaning of that term in that Schedule);

“Belarus” means the Republic of Belarus;

“CEMA” means the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979(1);

“the Commissioners” means the Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs;

“conduct” includes acts and omissions;

“document” includes information recorded in any form and, in relation to information recorded otherwise than in legible form, references to its production include producing a copy of the information in legible form;

“the Dual-Use Regulation” means Council Regulation (EC) No 428/2009 of 5 May 2009 setting up a Community regime for the control of exports, transfer, brokering and transit of dual-use items;

“the EU Belarus Regulation” means Council Regulation (EC) No 765/2006 of 18 May 2006 concerning restrictive measures in respect of Belarus(2), as it has effect in EU law;

“the Government of Belarus” includes its public bodies, corporations or agencies, or any person acting on its behalf or at its direction;

“serious human rights violation or abuse” means a serious violation or abuse of any of the human rights specified in regulation 4;

“trade licence” means a licence under regulation 33;

“Treasury licence” means a licence under regulation 32(1);

“United Kingdom person” has the same meaning as in section 21 of the Act.

(1)

1979 c.2. Amendments have been made to this Act and are cited, where relevant, in respect of the applicable regulations.

(2)

OJ L 134 20.5.2006, p.1.