The Afghanistan (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020

1. Introductory Text

2. PART 1 General

   1. 1. Citation and commencement

   2. 2. Interpretation

   3. 3. Application of prohibitions and requirements outside the United Kingdom

   4. 4. Purposes

3. PART 2 Designations

   1. 5. Designation of persons named under UN Security Council Resolutions

4. Part 3 Finance

   1. 6. Meaning of “designated person” in Part 3

   2. 7. Meaning of “owned or controlled directly or indirectly” in Part 3

   3. 8. Asset-freeze in relation to designated persons

   4. 9. Making funds available to designated persons

   5. 10. Making funds available for benefit of designated persons

   6. 11. Making economic resources available to designated persons

   7. 12. Making economic resources available for benefit of designated persons

   8. 13. Circumventing etc. prohibitions

5. PART 4 Trade

   1. 14. Interpretation of expressions used in this Part

   2. 15. Export of military goods

   3. 16. Supply and delivery of military goods

   4. 17. Making military goods and military technology available

   5. 18. Transfer of military technology

   6. 19. Technical assistance relating to military goods and military technology

   7. 20. Financial services and funds relating to military goods and military technology

   8. 21. Brokering services: non-UK activity relating to military goods and military technology

   9. 22. Enabling or facilitating the conduct of armed hostilities

   10. 23. Circumventing etc. prohibitions

   11. 24. Defences

6. PART 5 Exceptions and licences

   1. 25. Finance: exceptions from prohibitions

   2. 25A. Finance: exception for humanitarian assistance and other activities

   3. 26. Exception for authorised conduct in a relevant country

   4. 27. Exception for acts done for purposes of national security or prevention of serious crime

   5. 28. Treasury licences

   6. 29. Finance: licensing offences

7. PART 6 Information and records

   1. 30. Finance: reporting obligations

   2. 31. “Relevant firm”

   3. 32. Finance: powers to request information

   4. 33. Finance: production of documents

   5. 34. Finance: information offences

   6. 35. Trade: application of information powers in CEMA

   7. 36. Disclosure of information

   8. 36A. Finance: disclosure to the Treasury

   9. 37. Part 6: supplementary

8. PART 7 Enforcement

   1. 38. Penalties for offences

   2. 39. Liability of officers of bodies corporate etc.

   3. 40. Jurisdiction to try offences

   4. 41. Procedure for offences by unincorporated bodies

   5. 42. Time limit for proceedings for summary offences

   6. 43. Trade enforcement: application of CEMA

   7. 44. Trade offences in CEMA: modification of penalty

   8. 45. Application of Chapter 1 of Part 2 of the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005

   9. 46. Monetary penalties

9. PART 8 Maritime enforcement

   1. 47. Exercise of maritime enforcement powers

   2. 48. Maritime enforcement officers

   3. 49. Power to stop, board, search etc.

   4. 50. Seizure power

   5. 51. Restrictions on exercise of maritime enforcement powers

   6. 52. Interpretation of Part 8

10. PART 9 Supplementary and final provision

    1. 53. Notices

    2. 54. Trade: overlapping offences

    3. 55. Revocations

    4. 56. Amendment of the United Nations and European Union Financial Sanctions (Linking) Regulations 2017

    5. 57. Transitional provision: Treasury licences

    6. 58. Transitional provision: prior obligations

11. Signature

12. SCHEDULES

    1. SCHEDULE 1

       Rules for interpretation of regulation 7(2)

       1. 1. Application of Schedule

       2. 2. Joint interests

       3. 3. Joint arrangements

       4. 4. Calculating shareholdings

       5. 5. Voting rights

       6. 6. In applying regulation 7(2) and this Schedule, the voting rights...

       7. 7. Rights to appoint or remove members of the board

       8. 8. A reference to a board of directors, in the case...

       9. 9. Shares or rights held “indirectly”

       10. 10. Shares held by nominees

       11. 11. Rights treated as held by person who controls their exercise

       12. 12. “Arrangement” includes— (a) any scheme, agreement or understanding, whether or...

       13. 13. Rights exercisable only in certain circumstances etc.

       14. 14. Rights attached to shares held by way of security

    2. SCHEDULE 2

       Treasury licences: purposes

       1. 1. Interpretation

       2. 2. Basic needs

       3. 3. Legal services

       4. 4. Maintenance of frozen funds and economic resources

       5. 5. Extraordinary expenses

       6. 6. Prior obligations

13. Explanatory Note