PART 1General

Citation and commencementI1I51

1

These Regulations may be cited as the Unauthorised Drilling Activities in the Eastern Mediterranean (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020.

2

These Regulations come into force in accordance with regulations made under section 56 of the Act.

InterpretationI2I62

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);

  • “conduct” includes acts and omissions;

  • F1“director disqualification licence” means a licence under regulation 21A;

  • “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;

  • “Treasury licence” means a licence under regulation 21(1);

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

Application of prohibitions and requirements outside the United KingdomI3I83

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 by—

a

regulation 9(2) (confidential information),

b

Part 3 (Finance), or

c

a condition of a Treasury 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 by conduct in the territorial sea.

6

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

a

by or under Part 6 (Information and records), or by reason of a request made under a power conferred by that Part, or

b

by a condition of a Treasury licence.

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.

PurposeI4I74

The purpose of the regulations contained in this instrument that are made under section 1 of the Act is to discourage any hydrocarbon exploration, production or extraction activities which have not been authorised by the Republic of Cyprus in its territorial sea or in its exclusive economic zone or on its continental shelf including, in cases where the exclusive economic zone or continental shelf has not been delimited in accordance with international law with a State having an opposite coast, activities which may jeopardise or hamper the reaching of a delimitation agreement.