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SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 2Modifications to be made in the extension of the Global Human Rights Sanctions Regulations 2020 to each British overseas territory listed in Schedule 1

26.  For regulation 32 (penalties for offences) substitute—

32.(1) Paragraphs (3) to (5) apply to—

(a)Anguilla;

(b)British Antarctic Territory;

(c)British Indian Ocean Territory;

(d)Cayman Islands;

(e)Montserrat;

(f)Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands;

(g)Turks and Caicos Islands;

(h)Virgin Islands.

(2) Paragraphs (6) to (8) apply to—

(a)Falkland Islands;

(b)St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha;

(c)South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands;

(d)the Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia in the Island of Cyprus.

(3) A person who commits an offence under any provision of Part 3 (Finance) or regulation 23 (finance: licensing offences) is liable—

(a)on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months, or a fine not exceeding £5,000 or its equivalent in the currency of the Territory, or both;

(b)on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 7 years, or a fine, or both.

(4) A person who commits an offence under regulation 9(6) (confidentiality) is liable—

(a)on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months, or a fine not exceeding £5,000 or its equivalent in the currency of the Territory, or both;

(b)on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years, or a fine, or both.

(5) A person who commits an offence under regulation 25(6) or 29 (information offences in connection with Part 3) is liable, on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months, or a fine not exceeding £5,000 or its equivalent in the currency of the Territory, or both.

(6) A person who commits an offence under any provision of Part 3 (Finance) or regulation 23 (finance: licensing offences) is liable on conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 7 years, or a fine, or both.

(7) A person who commits an offence under regulation 9(6) (confidentiality) is liable on conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years, or a fine, or both.

(8) A person who commits an offence under regulation 25(6) or 29 (information offences in connection with Part 3) is liable on conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months, or a fine not exceeding £5,000 or its equivalent in the currency of the Territory, or both.

(9) Where a fine in this regulation is expressed to be a sum in sterling or its equivalent in the currency of the Territory, the Governor may issue guidance specifying how to calculate the amount in the currency of the Territory which is to be considered equivalent to that sum in sterling.