The Sanctions (EU Exit) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2020

Amendment of the Syria (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

9.—(1) The Syria (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019(1) are amended as follows.

(2) In the definition of “the EU Syria Regulation” in regulation 2, for “exit day” substitute “IP completion day(2)”.

(3) In regulation 5(2), for “the provisions mentioned in each of the sub-paragraphs of” substitute “different provisions mentioned in”.

(4) In regulation 7(4), after “and” omit “,”.

(5) In regulation 25(1), in the definition of “gold, precious metals or diamonds”, for “Patr” substitute “Part”.

(6) In regulation 28(2)(a), for “purpose of regulation 33 (technical assistance)” substitute “purposes of regulations 33 (technical assistance), 34 (financial services and funds) and 35 (brokering services)”.

(7) In regulation 34, at the end insert—

“(6) This regulation does not apply to aviation fuel and aviation fuel additives.”

(8) In regulation 35, at the end insert—

“(5) This regulation does not apply to aviation fuel and aviation fuel additives.”

(9) In the heading of regulation 37, for “Purchase” substitute “Acquisition”.

(10) In regulation 37—

(a) in paragraph (1)—

(i) at the end of sub-paragraph (b), for “.” substitute “;”;

(ii) after sub-paragraph (b) insert—

“(c) directly or indirectly acquire goods or technology to which this paragraph applies from a person connected with Syria.”

(b) in paragraph (4)—

(i) at the end of sub-paragraph (b), for “.” substitute “;”;

(ii) after sub-paragraph (b) insert—

“(c) it is a defence for a person charged with the offence of contravening paragraph (1)(c) (“P”) to show that P did not know and had no reasonable cause to suspect that the person was connected with Syria.”

(11) In regulation 56, at the end insert—

“(3) In this regulation, “designated person” has the same meaning as it has in Chapter 1 of Part 3 (Finance).”

(12) In regulation 100, for “exit day”, in each place it occurs, substitute “IP completion day”.

(13) In regulation 101—

(a) for “exit day”, in each place it occurs, substitute “IP completion day”;

(b) in paragraph (3), after sub-paragraph (a)—

(i) omit “and”, and

(ii) insert—

“(aa) is not an existing trade licence, and”.

(14) In regulation 102, for “exit day”, in each place it occurs, substitute “IP completion day”.

(15) In regulation 103, for “exit day”, in both places it occurs, substitute “IP completion day”.

(16) In Schedule 2—

(a) in paragraph 1(3), in the definition of “the Tariff of the United Kingdom”, after the words “time to time” insert “, including by any document published under regulations made under section 8(1) of the Taxation (Cross-border Trade) Act 2018(3) replacing the same in whole or in part”;

(b) in paragraph 6(c), for “7018” substitute “7108”.

(17) In Schedule 3—

(a) for “CAS Code”, in each place that it occurs, substitute “CAS No”;

(b) for paragraph 19(2) substitute—

“(2) A reference in this Schedule to a “CAS No” followed by a numerical sequence is a reference to the CAS Registry Numbers (CAS numbers) assigned to chemicals by the Chemical Abstracts Service, a division of the American Chemical Society. In some instances chemicals are listed by name and CAS number. The list applies to chemicals of the same structural formula (including hydrates) regardless of name or CAS number. CAS numbers are shown to assist in identifying a particular chemical or mixture, irrespective of nomenclature. CAS numbers cannot be used as unique identifiers because some forms of the listed chemical have different CAS numbers, and mixtures containing a listed chemical may also have different CAS numbers.”

(18) In Schedule 4, in paragraph 3, for “to develop, produce or use” substitute “for the development, production or use of”.

(19) In Schedule 5—

(a) in paragraph 4(1), omit “(2) and”;

(b) in paragraph 8(1), after “protection of” insert “a”;

(c) in paragraph 16, for “to develop, produce or use” substitute “for the development, production or use of”.

(1)

S.I. 2019/792.

(2)

Schedule 1 to the Interpretation Act 1978 (c. 30) provides that “IP completion day” has the same meaning as in the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020 (c. 1) (see section 39(1) to (5) of that Act).

(3)

2018 c. 22.