The Republic of Belarus (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) Regulations 2022

Notification and publicity where power to designate by name is used

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9.  In regulation 8 (notification and publicity where designation power used)—

(a)in the heading, for “designation power” substitute “power to designate by name”;

(b)in paragraph (1)—

(i)in sub-paragraph (a), for “regulation 5” substitute “regulation 5(1)”;

(ii)in sub-paragraph (b), for “that regulation” substitute “that paragraph of that regulation”;

(c)for paragraph (3) substitute—

(3) The information given under paragraph (2)(a)—

(a)where the Secretary of State designates a person under the standard procedure, must include a statement of reasons;

(b)where the Secretary of State designates a person under the urgent procedure, must include a statement—

(i)that the designation is made under the urgent procedure,

(ii)identifying the relevant provision by reference to which the Secretary of State considers that condition B is met in relation to the person, and

(iii)setting out why the Secretary of State considers that condition C is met.

(3A) Where the Secretary of State designates a person under the urgent procedure, the Secretary of State must, after the end of the period mentioned in paragraph (7) of regulation 5A (conditions for the designation of persons by name), or if the Secretary of State has made a certification under paragraph (7)(b) of that regulation, the period mentioned in paragraph (8) of that regulation, but otherwise without delay—

(a)in a case where the person ceases to be a designated person, take such steps as are reasonably practicable to inform the person that they have ceased to be a designated person, or

(b)in any other case, take such steps as are reasonably practicable to give the person a statement of reasons.;

(d)for paragraph (4), substitute—

(4) In this regulation, a “statement of reasons” means a brief statement of the matters that the Secretary of State knows, or has reasonable grounds to suspect, in relation to the person—

(a)in the case of a designation under the standard procedure, which have led the Secretary of State to make designation, and

(b)in the case of a designation under the urgent procedure, as a result of which the person does not cease to be a designated person at the end of the period mentioned in regulation 5A(7) or (8) (as the case may be)..