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PART 1U.K.General

Citation and commencementU.K.

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019.

(2) Subject to paragraph (3), these Regulations come into force on exit day.

(3) The following provisions of these Regulations come into force on the day after the day on which the Regulations are made—

(a)this regulation;

(b)regulation 2 (interpretation);

(c)regulation 4 (purposes);

(d)Part 2;

(e)Schedule 1 (rules for interpretation of regulations 7(2) and 16(7)).

Commencement Information

I1Reg. 1 in force at 11.4.2019, see reg. 1(3)(a)

InterpretationU.K.

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);

CEMA” means the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979 M1;

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

conduct” includes acts and omissions;

Crimea” means the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol;

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 EU Russia Regulations” means the following, as they have effect in EU law—

(a)

Council Regulation (EU) No 269/2014 of 17 March 2014 (concerning restrictive measures in respect of actions undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine) M2,

(b)

Council Regulation (EU) No 692/2014 of 23 June 2014 (concerning restrictive measures in response to the illegal annexation of Crimea and Sevastopol) M3, and

(c)

Council Regulation (EU) No 833/2014 of 31 July 2014 (concerning restrictive measures in view of Russia's actions destabilising the situation in Ukraine) M4;

trade licence” means a licence under regulation 65;

Treasury licence” means a licence under regulation 64(1); the “Ukraine Financial Sanctions Regulations” means—

(a)

The Ukraine (European Union Financial Sanctions) (No.2) Regulations 2014 M5, and

(b)

The Ukraine (European Union Financial Sanctions) (No.3) Regulations 2014 M6;

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

working day” means any day other than—

(a)

Saturday or Sunday,

(b)

Christmas Day or Good Friday, or

(c)

a day which is a bank holiday under the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971 in any part of the United Kingdom.

Commencement Information

I2Reg. 2 in force at 11.4.2019, see reg. 1(3)(b)

Marginal Citations

M11979 c.2. Amendments have been made to this Act and are cited, where relevant, in respect of the applicable regulations.

M2OJ L 78, 17.3.2014, p. 6–15.

M3OJ L 183 24.6.2014, p. 9.

M4OJ L 229, 31.7.2014, p. 1–11.

M5S.I. 2014/693, as modified by the Wales Act 2014 (c.29), section 4(4)(a) and amended by S.I. 2017/560, S.I. 2017/754 and S.I. 2018/682 and as prospectively amended by S.I. 2018/1149.

M6S.I. 2014/2054, as amended by S.I. 2014/2445, S.I. 2014/3230, S.I. 2017/560, S.I. 2017/754, 2018/682 and as prospectively amended by S.I. 2018/1149.

Application of prohibitions and requirements outside the United KingdomU.K.

3.—(1) A United Kingdom person may contravene a relevant prohibition by conduct wholly or partly outside the United Kingdom.

(2) Any person may contravene a relevant prohibition by conduct in the territorial sea.

(3) In this regulation a “relevant prohibition” means any prohibition imposed—

(a)by regulation 9(2) (confidential information),

(b)by Part 3 (Finance),

(c)by Part 5 (Trade),

[F1(d) under Part 6 (Ships),]

[F2(da)by regulation 57L(6) (disclosure of confidential information), or]

(e)by a condition of a Treasury licence or a trade licence.

(4) A United Kingdom person may comply, or fail to comply, with a relevant requirement by conduct wholly or partly outside the United Kingdom.

(5) Any person may comply, or fail to comply, with a relevant requirement [F3or a requirement imposed by a direction under regulation 57J(3) (direction by air traffic control to operator or pilot of Russian aircraft),] by conduct in the territorial sea.

(6) In this regulation a “relevant requirement” means any requirement imposed—

(a)by or under Part 8 (Information and records), or by reason of a request made under a power conferred by [F4that Part,]

(b)by a condition of a Treasury licence or a [F5trade licence, or]

[F6(c)by a direction under regulation 57C (movement of ships).]

(7) Nothing in this regulation is to be taken to prevent a relevant prohibition or a relevant requirement from applying to conduct (by any person) in the United Kingdom.

PurposesU.K.

4.  The regulations contained in this instrument that are made under section 1 of the Act are for the purposes of encouraging Russia to cease actions destabilising Ukraine or undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty or independence of Ukraine.

Commencement Information

I4Reg. 4 in force at 11.4.2019, see reg. 1(3)(c)

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