PurposesU.K.
4.—(1) The purpose of the regulations contained in this instrument that are made under section 1 of the Act is compliance with the relevant UN obligations.
(2) In this regulation, “the relevant UN obligations” means the obligations that the United Kingdom has by virtue of—
(a)paragraph 6 of resolution 2653 (asset-freeze etc.), and
(b)paragraph 11 of resolution 2653 (arms embargo etc.),
to take the measures required by those provisions in respect of persons(1) for the time being named by the Security Council or the Committee for the purposes of those paragraphs.
[F1(3) A reference to the obligations that the United Kingdom has by virtue of paragraph 11 of resolution 2653 is to that provision as read with—
(a)paragraph 14 of resolution 2699, and
(b)paragraph 6 of resolution 2700.]
Textual Amendments
F1Reg. 4(3) inserted (28.12.2023) by The Haiti (Sanctions) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1320), regs. 1(2), 5
Commencement Information
I1Reg. 4 in force at 28.12.2022, see reg. 1(2)
“Person” is defined by section 9(5) of the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018 to include (in addition to an individual and a body of persons corporate or unincorporate) any organisation and any association or combination of persons.