Citation, commencement and extent
1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Republic of Belarus (Sanctions) (Overseas Territories) Order 2020 and comes into force immediately after both the Sanctions (EU Exit) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2020(1) and the Sanctions (EU Exit) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2020(2) have come into force in the United Kingdom.
(2) This Order extends to each British overseas territory listed in Schedule 1.
Extension of the Republic of Belarus (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
2. The Republic of Belarus (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019(3) as amended from time to time extend to each British overseas territory listed in Schedule 1 with the modifications specified in Schedule 2.
Extension of the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018
3. Subject to the modification set out in paragraph (c), the following provisions of the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018 extend to each British overseas territory listed in Schedule 1 for the purposes of the Republic of Belarus (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 as modified and extended to the territories by this Order—
(a)section 44 (protection for acts done for purposes of compliance);
(b)section 52(3) (Crown application);
(c)section 53 (saving for prerogative powers), except that, in its application to a particular British overseas territory, the reference in subsection (1) of that section to the United Kingdom is to be read as a reference to that territory.
Richard Tilbrook
Clerk of the Privy Council