The Iran (Sanctions) Regulations 2023

SCHEDULES

Regulation 9(3)

SCHEDULE 1 U.K. Rules for interpretation of regulation 9(2)

Application of Schedule U.K.

1.—(1) The rules set out in the following paragraphs of this Schedule apply for the purpose of interpreting regulation 9(2).

(2) They also apply for the purpose of interpreting this Schedule.

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 1 para. 1 in force at 14.12.2023, see reg. 1(2)

Joint interests U.K.

2.  If two or more persons each hold a share or right jointly, each of them is treated as holding that share or right.

Commencement Information

I2 Sch. 1 para. 2 in force at 14.12.2023, see reg. 1(2)

Joint arrangements U.K.

3.—(1) If shares or rights held by a person and shares or rights held by another person are the subject of a joint arrangement between those persons, each of them is treated as holding the combined shares or rights of both of them.

(2) A “joint arrangement” is an arrangement between the holders of shares or rights that they will exercise all or substantially all the rights conferred by their respective shares or rights jointly in a way that is pre-determined by the arrangement.

(3) “Arrangement” has the meaning given by paragraph 12.

Commencement Information

I3 Sch. 1 para. 3 in force at 14.12.2023, see reg. 1(2)

Calculating shareholdings U.K.

4.—(1) In relation to a person who has a share capital, a reference to holding “more than 50% of the shares” in that person is to holding shares comprised in the issued share capital of that person of a nominal value exceeding (in aggregate) 50% of that share capital.

(2) In relation to a person who does not have a share capital—

(a) a reference to holding shares in that person is to holding a right or rights to share in the capital or, as the case may be, profits of that person;

(b) a reference to holding “more than 50% of the shares” in that person is to holding a right or rights to share in more than 50% of the capital or, as the case may be, profits of that person.

Commencement Information

I4 Sch. 1 para. 4 in force at 14.12.2023, see reg. 1(2)

Voting rights U.K.

5.—(1) A reference to the voting rights in a person is to the rights conferred on shareholders in respect of their shares (or, in the case of a person not having a share capital, on members) to vote at general meetings of the person on all or substantially all matters.

(2) In relation to a person that does not have general meetings at which matters are decided by the exercise of voting rights—

(a) a reference to holding voting rights in the person is to be read as a reference to holding rights in relation to the person that are equivalent to those of a person entitled to exercise voting rights in a company;

(b) a reference to holding “more than 50% of the voting rights” in the person is to be read as a reference to holding the right under the constitution of the person to block changes to the overall policy of the person or to the terms of its constitution.

Commencement Information

I5 Sch. 1 para. 5 in force at 14.12.2023, see reg. 1(2)

6.  In applying regulation 9(2) and this Schedule, the voting rights in a person are to be reduced by any rights held by the person itself.

Commencement Information

I6 Sch. 1 para. 6 in force at 14.12.2023, see reg. 1(2)

Rights to appoint or remove members of the board U.K.

7.  A reference to the right to appoint or remove a majority of the board of directors of a person is to the right to appoint or remove directors holding a majority of the voting rights at meetings of the board on all or substantially all matters.

Commencement Information

I7 Sch. 1 para. 7 in force at 14.12.2023, see reg. 1(2)

8.  A reference to a board of directors, in the case of a person who does not have such a board, is to be read as a reference to the equivalent management body of that person.

Commencement Information

I8 Sch. 1 para. 8 in force at 14.12.2023, see reg. 1(2)

Shares or rights held “indirectly” U.K.

9.—(1) A person holds a share “indirectly” if the person has a majority stake in another person and that other person—

(a) holds the share in question, or

(b) is part of a chain of persons—

(i) each of whom (other than the last) has a majority stake in the person immediately below it in the chain, and

(ii) the last of whom holds the share.

(2) A person holds a right “indirectly” if the person has a majority stake in another person and that other person—

(a) holds that right, or

(b) is part of a chain of persons—

(i) each of whom (other than the last) has a majority stake in the person immediately below it in the chain, and

(ii) the last of whom holds that right.

(3) For these purposes, a person (“A”) has a “majority stake” in another person (“B”) if—

(a) A holds a majority of the voting rights in B,

(b) A is a member of B and has the right to appoint or remove a majority of the board of directors of B,

(c) A is a member of B and controls alone, pursuant to an agreement with other shareholders or members, a majority of the voting rights in B, or

(d) A has the right to exercise, or actually exercises, dominant influence or control over B.

(4) In the application of this paragraph to the right to appoint or remove a majority of the board of directors, a person (“A”) is to be treated as having the right to appoint a director if—

(a) any person’s appointment as director follows necessarily from that person’s appointment as director of A, or

(b) the directorship is held by A itself.

Commencement Information

I9 Sch. 1 para. 9 in force at 14.12.2023, see reg. 1(2)

Shares held by nominees U.K.

10.  A share held by a person as nominee for another is to be treated as held by the other (and not by the nominee).

Commencement Information

I10 Sch. 1 para. 10 in force at 14.12.2023, see reg. 1(2)

Rights treated as held by person who controls their exercise U.K.

11.—(1) Where a person controls a right, the right is to be treated as held by that person (and not by the person who in fact holds the right, unless that person also controls it).

(2) A person “controls” a right if, by virtue of any arrangement between that person and others, the right is exercisable only—

(a) by that person,

(b) in accordance with that person’s directions or instructions, or

(c) with that person’s consent or concurrence.

Commencement Information

I11 Sch. 1 para. 11 in force at 14.12.2023, see reg. 1(2)

12.  “ Arrangement” includes—

(a) any scheme, agreement or understanding, whether or not it is legally enforceable, and

(b) any convention, custom or practice of any kind.

Commencement Information

I12 Sch. 1 para. 12 in force at 14.12.2023, see reg. 1(2)

Rights exercisable only in certain circumstances etc. U.K.

13.—(1) Rights that are exercisable only in certain circumstances are to be taken into account only—

(a) when the circumstances have arisen, and for so long as they continue to obtain, or

(b) when the circumstances are within the control of the person having the rights.

(2) But rights that are exercisable by an administrator or by creditors while a person is subject to relevant insolvency proceedings are not to be taken into account while the person is subject to those proceedings.

(3) “Relevant insolvency proceedings” means—

(a) administration within the meaning of the Insolvency Act 1986(1),

(b) administration within the meaning of the Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 1989(2), or

(c) proceedings under the insolvency law of another country during which a person’s assets and affairs are subject to the control or supervision of a third party or creditor.

(4) Rights that are normally exercisable but are temporarily incapable of exercise are to continue to be taken into account.

Commencement Information

I13 Sch. 1 para. 13 in force at 14.12.2023, see reg. 1(2)

Rights attached to shares held by way of security U.K.

14.  Rights attached to shares held by way of security provided by a person are to be treated for the purposes of this Schedule as held by that person—

(a) where apart from the right to exercise them for the purpose of preserving the value of the security, or of realising it, the rights are exercisable only in accordance with that person’s instructions, and

(b) where the shares are held in connection with the granting of loans as part of normal business activities and apart from the right to exercise them for the purpose of preserving the value of the security, or of realising it, the rights are exercisable only in that person’s interests.

Commencement Information

I14 Sch. 1 para. 14 in force at 14.12.2023, see reg. 1(2)

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SCHEDULE 2 U.K. Internal repression goods and internal repression technology

Firearms and related goods U.K.

1.  Firearms, ammunition and related accessories, as follows—

(a) firearms;

(b) ammunition specially designed for firearms;

(c) weapon-sights.

Commencement Information

I15 Sch. 2 para. 1 in force at 14.12.2023, see reg. 1(2)

2.  Simulators for training persons to use firearms.

Commencement Information

I16 Sch. 2 para. 2 in force at 14.12.2023, see reg. 1(2)

3.  Bombs and grenades.

Commencement Information

I17 Sch. 2 para. 3 in force at 14.12.2023, see reg. 1(2)

Vehicles U.K.

4.—(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (3), the following types of vehicles—

(a) vehicles equipped with a water cannon, specially designed or modified for the purpose of riot control;

(b) vehicles specially designed or modified to be electrified to repel boarders;

(c) vehicles specially designed or modified to remove barricades, including construction equipment with ballistic protection;

(d) vehicles specially designed for the transport or transfer of prisoners or detainees;

(e) vehicles specially designed to deploy mobile barriers.

(2) Components for the vehicles specified in sub-paragraph (1)(a) to (e) that have been designed for the purposes of riot control.

(3) Vehicles that might otherwise fall within sub-paragraph (1)(a) to (e) are not internal repression goods if they are specially designed for the purposes of fire-fighting.

(4) For the purposes of this paragraph, “vehicle” includes a trailer.

Commencement Information

I18 Sch. 2 para. 4 in force at 14.12.2023, see reg. 1(2)

Explosive substances and related goods U.K.

5.—(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (3), equipment and devices specially designed to initiate explosions by electrical or non-electrical means, including—

(a) firing sets;

(b) detonators;

(c) igniters;

(d) boosters;

(e) detonating cord.

(2) Subject to sub-paragraph (3), components that have been specially designed for any thing mentioned in sub-paragraph (1).

(3) Sub-paragraphs (1) and (2) do not apply to any thing that has been specially designed for a specific commercial use.

(4) For the purpose of sub-paragraph (3), a “specific commercial use” means the actuation or operation by explosive means of other equipment or devices the function of which is not the creation of explosions, including—

(a) car air-bag inflaters;

(b) electric-surge arresters;

(c) fire sprinkler actuators.

Commencement Information

I19 Sch. 2 para. 5 in force at 14.12.2023, see reg. 1(2)

6.  Linear cutting explosive charges.

Commencement Information

I20 Sch. 2 para. 6 in force at 14.12.2023, see reg. 1(2)

7.  The following explosives and related substances—

(a) amatol;

(b) nitrocellulose (containing more than 12.5 % nitrogen);

(c) nitroglycol;

(d) pentaerythritol tetranitrate (PETN);

(e) picryl chloride;

(f) 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene (TNT).

Commencement Information

I21 Sch. 2 para. 7 in force at 14.12.2023, see reg. 1(2)

Other goods U.K.

8.—(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), the following equipment designed for the protection of a person—

(a) body armour providing ballistic or stabbing protection or both;

(b) helmets providing ballistic or fragmentation protection, or both, including anti-riot helmets;

(c) anti-riot shields and ballistic shields.

(2) Sub-paragraph (1) does not apply to—

(a) any thing specially designed to protect persons for the following purposes—

(i) participation in competitive sport;

(ii) ensuring safety at work;

(b) any thing mentioned in sub-paragraph (1)(a) or (b) when accompanying a person for that person’s own protection.

Commencement Information

I22 Sch. 2 para. 8 in force at 14.12.2023, see reg. 1(2)

9.  Night vision equipment.

Commencement Information

I23 Sch. 2 para. 9 in force at 14.12.2023, see reg. 1(2)

10.  Thermal imaging equipment.

Commencement Information

I24 Sch. 2 para. 10 in force at 14.12.2023, see reg. 1(2)

11.  Image intensifier tubes.

Commencement Information

I25 Sch. 2 para. 11 in force at 14.12.2023, see reg. 1(2)

12.  Razor barbed wire.

Commencement Information

I26 Sch. 2 para. 12 in force at 14.12.2023, see reg. 1(2)

13.  The following types of knives—

(a) knives that are designed for use by military personnel (military knives);

(b) knives that are designed for use as a weapon for inflicting injury (combat knives);

(c) bayonets with blade lengths in excess of 10 cm.

Commencement Information

I27 Sch. 2 para. 13 in force at 14.12.2023, see reg. 1(2)

Production equipment U.K.

14.  Any equipment which is specially designed or modified for the development or for one or more of the production phases of any item mentioned in this Schedule.

Commencement Information

I28 Sch. 2 para. 14 in force at 14.12.2023, see reg. 1(2)

Software and technology U.K.

15.  Any software which is specially designed for the simulators mentioned in paragraph 2.

Commencement Information

I29 Sch. 2 para. 15 in force at 14.12.2023, see reg. 1(2)

16.  Any technology which is specially designed for the development, production or use of any item mentioned in this Schedule.

Commencement Information

I30 Sch. 2 para. 16 in force at 14.12.2023, see reg. 1(2)

Interpretation U.K.

17.—(1) In this Schedule, “ firearm” means any portable barrelled weapon that expels, is designed to expel or may be converted to expel, a shot, bullet or projectile by the action of a combustible propellant.

(2) For the purposes of this Schedule, the following terms have the meaning given to them in the Dual-Use Regulation—

“development”;

“production”;

“software”;

“technology”;

“use”.

Commencement Information

I31 Sch. 2 para. 17 in force at 14.12.2023, see reg. 1(2)

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SCHEDULE 3 U.K. Interception and monitoring goods and interception and monitoring technology

Interception and monitoring equipment U.K.

1.  Any goods which can perform any of the following functions (whether individually or as part of a system)—

(a) deep packet inspection;

(b) network interception, including associated systems management and data retention functions;

(c) radio frequency monitoring, including associated processing or examination;

(d) network and satellite jamming;

(e) remote infection;

(f) speaker recognition, including associated processing functions;

(g) IMSI, MSISDN, IMEI and TMSI interception and monitoring;

(h) tactical SMS, GSM, GPS, GPRS, UMTS, CDMA, and PSTN interception and monitoring;

(i) DHCP, SMTP and GTP information interception and monitoring;

(j) pattern recognition and pattern profiling;

(k) remote forensics;

(l) semantic processing;

(m) WEP and WPA code breaking;

(n) interception of VoIP (including proprietary and standard protocols).

Commencement Information

I32 Sch. 3 para. 1 in force at 14.12.2023, see reg. 1(2)

2.  Any software which can perform any of the functions described in paragraph 1(a) to (n) (whether individually or as part of a system).

Commencement Information

I33 Sch. 3 para. 2 in force at 14.12.2023, see reg. 1(2)

Other software and other technology U.K.

3.  Any software or other technology which is specially designed for the development, production or use of any goods or software described in paragraph 1 or 2.

Commencement Information

I34 Sch. 3 para. 3 in force at 14.12.2023, see reg. 1(2)

Interpretation U.K.

4.  For the purposes of this Schedule, the following terms have the meaning given to them in the Dual-Use Regulation—

“development”;

“production”;

“software”;

“technology”;

“use”.

Commencement Information

I35 Sch. 3 para. 4 in force at 14.12.2023, see reg. 1(2)

Acronyms and abbreviations used in this Schedule U.K.

5.  The acronyms and abbreviations used in this Schedule have the following meaning—

ABBREVIATION/ ACRONYM	MEANING	ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
IMSI	International Mobile Subscriber Identity	This is a unique identification code for each mobile telephony device, integrated in the SIM card and which allows identification of that SIM, via GSM and UMTS networks.
MSISDN	Mobile Subscriber Integrated Services Digital Network Number	This is a number that uniquely identifies a subscription in a GSM or a UMTS mobile network. It is the telephone number to the SIM card in a mobile phone and therefore identifies a mobile subscriber as well as the IMSI.
IMEI	International Mobile Equipment Identity	This is a number, usually unique, to identify GSM, WCDMA and IDEN mobile phones as well as some satellite phones. It is usually found printed inside the battery compartment of the phone.
TMSI	Temporary Mobile Subscriber Identity
SMS	Short Message System
GSM	Global System for Mobile Communications
GPS	Global Positioning System
GPRS	General Packet Radio Service
UMTS	Universal Mobile Telecommunications System
CDMA	Code Division Multiple Access
PSTN	Public Switch Telephone Networks
DHCP	Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
SMTP	Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
GTP	GPRS Tunnelling Protocol
WEP	Wired Equivalent Privacy
WPA	Wi-Fi Protected Access
VoIP	Voice over Internet Protocol
WCDMA	Wideband Code Division Multiple Access
IDEN	Integrated Digital Enhanced Network

Commencement Information

I36 Sch. 3 para. 5 in force at 14.12.2023, see reg. 1(2)

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[F1 Schedule 4 U.K. Goods of strategic concern and technology of strategic concern

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 4 substituted (13.9.2024) by The Iran (Sanctions) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/944), reg. 1(2), Sch.

Part 1 U.K. General

Interpretation U.K.

1.— (1) For the purposes of this Schedule, a thing “falls within” a commodity code if it is, or would be, classified under that commodity code, as set out in the Goods Classification Table.

(2) For the purposes of determining whether or not a thing is, or would be, “classified” in accordance with sub-paragraph (1), the rules of interpretation contained in the following have effect—

(a) Part Two (Goods Classification Table Rules of Interpretation) of the Tariff of the United Kingdom;

(b) notes to a section or chapter of the Goods Classification Table.

(3) For the purposes of this paragraph—

“commodity code” includes a code denoting a heading or sub-heading;

“the Goods Classification Table” means the table so named in Annex I in Part Three of the Tariff of the United Kingdom;

“the Tariff of the United Kingdom” means the document containing the legal classification and import rate for products being imported into the United Kingdom, entitled “The Tariff of the United Kingdom”, as revised or re-issued from time to time, including by any document published under regulations made under section 8(1) of the Taxation (Cross-border Trade) Act 2018 replacing the same in whole or in part.

2.   For the purposes of this Schedule, the following terms have the meaning given to them in the Dual-Use Regulation—

“development”;

“GNSS”;

“LIDAR”;

“production”;

“technology”;

“use”.

Part 2 U.K. Items that are specified by commodity code

3.   Any thing falling within a commodity code mentioned in column 1 of the following table. U.K.

(1) Commodity code	(2) Description
8407 10	Spark-ignition reciprocating or rotary internal combustion piston engines for aircraft
8408 90	Compression-ignition internal combustion piston engines
8409 10	Parts suitable for use solely or principally with internal combustion piston engine for aircraft
8411 11	Turbojets of a thrust not exceeding 25 kn
8411 12	Turbojets of a thrust exceeding 25 kn
8411 21	Turbopropellers of a power not exceeding 1100 kw
8411 22	Turbopropellers of a power exceeding 1100 kw
8411 91	Parts of turbojets and turbopropellers
8457 10	Machining centres
8458 11	Numerically controlled horizontal lathes
8458 91	Other numerically controlled lathes
8459 61	Numerically controlled milling machines
8466 93	Parts and accessories suitable for use solely or principally with the machines of headings 8456 to 8461, not elsewhere specified
8471 50	Processing units other than those of subheading 8471 41 or 8471 49, whether or not containing in the same housing one or two of the following types of unit: storage units, input units, output units
8471 80	Other units of automatic data processing machines, not elsewhere specified
8481 10	Pressure-reducing valves
8482 10	Ball bearings
8482 20	Tapered roller bearings, including cone and tapered roller assemblies
8482 30	Spherical roller bearings
8482 50	Other cylindrical roller bearings, including cage and roller assemblies
8486 10	Machines and apparatus for the manufacture of boules or wafers
8486 20	Machines and apparatus for the manufacture of semiconductor devices or of electronic integrated circuits
8486 40	Machines and apparatus for the manufacture or repair of masks and reticles; for assembling semiconductor devices or electronic integrated circuits; and for lifting, handling, loading or unloading of boules, wafers, semiconductor devices, electronic integrated circuits and flat panel displays
8501	Electric motors and generators, excluding generating sets
8504 40	Static convertors
8506	Primary cells and primary batteries
8511 20	Ignition magnetos; magneto-dynamos; magnetic flywheels
8511 80	Electrical ignition or starting equipment of a kind used for spark-ignition or compression-ignition internal combustion engines (for example, ignition magnetos, magneto-dynamos, ignition coils, sparking plugs and glow plugs, starter motors); generators (for example, dynamos, alternators) and cut-outs of a kind used in conjunction with such engines: Other equipment
8517 61	Base stations
8517 62	Machines for the reception, conversion, and transmission or regeneration of voice, images or other data, including switching and routing apparatus
8517 69	Other apparatus for the transmission or reception of voice, images or other data, including apparatus for communication in a wired or wireless network, not elsewhere specified
8517 71	Parts of telephone sets, including smartphones and other telephones for cellular networks or for other wireless networks; other apparatus for the transmission or reception of voice, images or other data, including apparatus for communication in a wired or wireless network (such as a local or wide area network), other than transmission or reception apparatus of heading 8443, 8525, 8527 or 8528
8525 83	Night vision cameras
8525 89	Cameras, visible or thermal, specially designed for unmanned aerial vehicles
8526 10	Radar apparatus
8526 91	Radio navigational aid apparatus
8526 92	Radio remote control apparatus
8529 10	Aerials and aerial reflectors of all kinds; parts suitable for use therewith
8529 90	Other parts suitable for use solely or principally with the apparatus of headings 8524 to 8528, not elsewhere specified
8532 21	Tantalum capacitors
8532 22	Aluminium electrolytic capacitors
8532 24	Ceramic dielectric multilayer capacitors
8534	Printed circuits
8536 69	Coaxial connectors; cylindrical multicontact connectors; rack and panel connectors; printed circuit connectors; ribbon or flat cable connectors; other
8536 90	Other electrical apparatus for switching or protecting electrical circuits, or for making connections to or in electrical circuits, not elsewhere specified
8537 10	Boards, panels, consoles, desks, cabinets and other bases, equipped with two or more apparatus of heading 8535 or 8536, for electric control or the distribution of electricity for a voltage not exceeding 1000 v
8541 10	Diodes, other than photosensitive or light-emitting diodes (LED)
8541 21	Transistors, other than photosensitive transistors with a dissipation rate of less than 1 w
8541 29	Transistors, other than photosensitive transistors, not elsewhere specified
8541 30	Thyristors, diacs and triacs, other than photosensitive devices
8541 49	Photosensitive semiconductor devices, not elsewhere specified
8541 51	Semiconductor-based transducers
8541 59	Semiconductor devices, not elsewhere specified
8541 60	Mounted piezo-electric crystals
8542 31	Electronic integrated circuits: processors and controllers
8542 32	Memories of electronic integrated circuits
8542 33	Amplifiers of electronic integrated circuits
8542 39	Other electronic integrated circuits, not elsewhere specified
8543 20	Signal generators
8543 70 02	Microwave amplifiers
8543 70 04	Digital flight-data recorders
8543 70 90	Other electrical machines and apparatus, having individual functions, not elsewhere specified in chapter 85
8548	Electrical parts of machinery or apparatus, not elsewhere specified in chapter 85
8805 10	Aircraft launching gear and parts thereof; deck-arrestor or similar gear and parts thereof
8806 91	Unmanned aerial vehicles other than those designed for carrying passengers
8806 92
8806 93
8806 94
8806 99
8807 30	Other parts of aeroplanes, helicopters or unmanned aircraft
9006 30	Cameras specially designed for underwater use, for aerial survey or for medical or surgical examination of internal organs; comparison cameras for forensic or criminological purposes
9006 91	Parts and accessories of photographic (other than cinematographic) cameras; photographic flashlight apparatus and flashbulbs other than discharge lamps of heading 8539
9013 10	Telescopic sights for fitting to arms of lasers, other than laser diodes, and of other optical appliances and instruments, not elsewhere specified in chapter 90
9013 20	Lasers, other than laser diodes
9013 80	Other devices, appliances and instruments of lasers, other than laser diodes, and of other optical appliances and instruments, not elsewhere specified in chapter 90
9013 90 80	Other parts and accessories of lasers, other than laser diodes, and of other optical appliances and instruments, not elsewhere specified in chapter 90
9014 20	Instruments and appliances for aeronautical or space navigation, other than compasses
9014 80	Other navigational instruments and appliances
9015 10	Rangefinders
9015 80	Surveying (including photogrammetrical surveying), hydrographic, oceanographic, hydrological, meteorological or geophysical instruments and appliances, excluding compasses; rangefinders: Other instruments and appliances
9015 90	Surveying (including photogrammetrical surveying), hydrographic, oceanographic, hydrological, meteorological or geophysical instruments and appliances, excluding compasses; rangefinders: Parts and accessories
9025 80	Hydrometers and similar floating instruments, thermometers, pyrometers, barometers, hygrometers and psychrometers, recording or not, and any combination of these instruments: Other instruments
9025 90	Hydrometers and similar floating instruments, thermometers, pyrometers, barometers, hygrometers and psychrometers, recording or not, and any combination of these instruments: Parts and accessories
9026 80	Instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking the flow, level, pressure or other variables of liquids or gases (for example, flow meters, level gauges, manometers, heat meters), excluding instruments and apparatus of heading 9014, 9015, 9028 or 9032: Other instruments
9026 90	Instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking the flow, level, pressure or other variables of liquids or gases (for example, flow meters, level gauges, manometers, heat meters), excluding instruments and apparatus of heading 9014, 9015, 9028 or 9032: Parts and accessories
9027 50	Other instruments and apparatus using optical radiations (ultraviolet, visible, infrared)
9030 20	Oscilloscopes and oscillographs
9030 32	Multimeters, with a recording device
9030 39	Other instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking voltage, current, resistance or power: Other, with a recording device
9030 82	Oscilloscopes, spectrum analysers and other instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking electrical quantities: For measuring or checking semiconductor wafers or devices
9031 80 20	Measuring or checking instruments, appliances and machines, not elsewhere specified in chapter 90; profile projectors: For measuring or checking geometrical quantities
9031 80 80	Other measuring or checking instruments, appliances and machines, not elsewhere specified in chapter 90; profile projectors
9031 90	Parts and accessories of measuring or checking instruments, appliances and machines, not elsewhere specified in chapter 90; profile projectors
9032 10	Thermostats
9033 00 90	Other parts and accessories (not elsewhere specified in chapter 90) for machines, appliances, instruments or apparatus of chapter 90

Part 3 U.K. Items that are specified by description

4.   Equipment specially designed for satellite navigation equipment, including aerials and antennas suitable for the reception of GNSS signals. U.K.

5.   Airborne laser rangefinder. U.K.

6.   LIDAR systems. U.K.

7.   Pitot tubes and air measurement sensors for unmanned aerial vehicles. U.K.

8.   Engine fuel management systems and pressure transmitter for use in unmanned aerial vehicles. U.K.

9.   Software programming devices for use with unmanned aerial vehicles. U.K.

10.   Software defined radios designed or modified for use on unmanned aerial vehicles. U.K.

11.   Single board computers for use in unmanned aerial vehicles. U.K.

12.   Video encoding devices for use in unmanned aerial vehicles. U.K.

13.   Technology, designed or specifically adapted for the test, development or production of equipment listed in Parts 2 and 3 of this Schedule.] U.K.

Regulation 60

SCHEDULE 5 U.K. Treasury licences: purposes

Interpretation U.K.

1.— [F2 (1)] In this Schedule—

“consular post” has the same meaning as in the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations done at Vienna on 24 April 1963(3), and any reference to the functions of a consular post is to be read in accordance with that Convention;

“designated person” has the same meaning as it has in Part 3 (Finance);

“diplomatic mission” and any reference to the functions of a diplomatic mission, are to be read in accordance with the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations done at Vienna on 18 April 1961;

[F3 “frozen account” has the meaning given in regulation 55(7);]

“frozen funds or economic resources” means funds or economic resources frozen by virtue of regulation 15, and any reference to a person’s frozen funds or economic resources is to funds or economic resources frozen as a consequence of the designation of that person for the purpose of that regulation.

[F4 (2) For the purposes of this Schedule, references to a designated person are to be read as including a person (“C”) who is owned or controlled directly or indirectly (within the meaning of regulation 9) by the designated person (“P”).

(3) When determining for the purposes of paragraph 10 when C became a designated person, C is to be treated as having become a designated person at the same time as P.]

Textual Amendments

F2 Sch. 5 para. 1 renumbered as Sch. 5 para. 1(1) (5.12.2024) by The Sanctions (EU Exit) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/1157), regs. 1(2), 35(11)(a)(i)

F3 Words in Sch. 5 para. 1(1) inserted (5.12.2024) by The Sanctions (EU Exit) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/1157), regs. 1(2), 35(11)(a)(ii)

F4 Sch. 5 para. 1(2)(3) inserted (5.12.2024) by The Sanctions (EU Exit) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/1157), regs. 1(2), 35(11)(a)(iii)

Commencement Information

I37 Sch. 5 para. 1 in force at 14.12.2023, see reg. 1(2)

Basic needs U.K.

2.—(1) To enable the basic needs of a designated person, or (in the case of an individual) any dependent family member of such a person, to be met.

(2) In the case of an individual in sub-paragraph (1), “basic needs” includes—

(a) medical needs;

(b) needs for—

(i) food;

(ii) payment of insurance premiums;

(iii) payment of tax;

(iv) rent or mortgage payments;

(v) utility payments.

(3) In the case of a person other than an individual in sub-paragraph (1), “basic needs” includes needs for—

(a) payment of insurance premiums;

(b) payment of reasonable fees for the provision of property management services;

(c) payment of remuneration, allowances or pensions of employees;

(d) payment of tax;

(e) rent or mortgage payments;

(f) utility payments.

(4) In sub-paragraph (1)—

“dependent” means financially dependent;

“family member” includes—

(a)

the wife or husband of the designated person;

(b)

the civil partner of the designated person;

(c)

any parent or other ascendant of the designated person;

(d)

any child or other descendant of the designated person;

(e)

any person who is a brother or sister of the designated person, or a child or other descendant of such a person.

Commencement Information

I38 Sch. 5 para. 2 in force at 14.12.2023, see reg. 1(2)

Legal services U.K.

3.  To enable the payment of—

(a) reasonable professional fees for the provision of legal services, or

(b) reasonable expenses associated with the provision of legal services.

Commencement Information

I39 Sch. 5 para. 3 in force at 14.12.2023, see reg. 1(2)

Maintenance of frozen funds and economic resources U.K.

4.  To enable the payment of—

(a) reasonable fees, or

(b) reasonable service charges,

arising from the routine holding or maintenance of frozen funds or economic resources.

Commencement Information

I40 Sch. 5 para. 4 in force at 14.12.2023, see reg. 1(2)

Extraordinary expenses U.K.

5.  To enable an extraordinary expense of a designated person to be met.

Commencement Information

I41 Sch. 5 para. 5 in force at 14.12.2023, see reg. 1(2)

[F5 Judicial decisions etc U.K.

6.   To enable the implementation or satisfaction (in whole or in part) of a judicial, administrative or arbitral decision or lien which is enforceable in the United Kingdom (the “judicial decision”), provided that—

(a) where funds or economic resources are made available to a designated person, they are credited to a frozen account or otherwise frozen by virtue of regulation 15;

(b) where funds or economic resources are made available by a person (including a designated person) to a designated person to enable the implementation or satisfaction of the judicial decision, no other designated person benefits, directly or indirectly.]

Textual Amendments

F5 Sch. 5 para. 6 substituted (5.12.2024) by The Sanctions (EU Exit) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/1157), regs. 1(2), 35(11)(b)

Humanitarian assistance activities etc. U.K.

7.—(1) To enable anything to be done in connection with the performance of any humanitarian assistance activity.

(2) In sub-paragraph (1) “humanitarian assistance activity” includes the work of international and non-governmental organisations carrying out relief activities in Iran for the benefit of the civilian population there.

Commencement Information

I42 Sch. 5 para. 7 in force at 14.12.2023, see reg. 1(2)

Diplomatic missions U.K.

8.  To enable anything to be done in order that the functions of a diplomatic mission or consular post in Iran or of an international organisation enjoying immunities in accordance with international law may be carried out.

Commencement Information

I43 Sch. 5 para. 8 in force at 14.12.2023, see reg. 1(2)

Extraordinary situation U.K.

9.  To enable anything to be done to deal with an extraordinary situation.

Commencement Information

I44 Sch. 5 para. 9 in force at 14.12.2023, see reg. 1(2)

Prior obligations U.K.

10.  To enable, by the use of a designated person’s frozen funds or economic resources, the satisfaction of an obligation of that person (whether arising under a contract, other agreement or otherwise), provided that—

(a) the obligation arose before the date on which the person became a designated person, and

(b) no payments are made to another designated person, whether directly or indirectly.

Commencement Information

I45 Sch. 5 para. 10 in force at 14.12.2023, see reg. 1(2)

Medical goods or services U.K.

11.—(1) To enable anything to be done in connection with the provision of medical goods or services for the benefit of the civilian population of a country.

(2) To enable the import, export or use of medical goods.

Commencement Information

I46 Sch. 5 para. 11 in force at 14.12.2023, see reg. 1(2)

Food U.K.

12.  To enable anything to be done in connection with the production or distribution of food for the benefit of the civilian population of a country.

Commencement Information

I47 Sch. 5 para. 12 in force at 14.12.2023, see reg. 1(2)

[F6 Insolvency U.K.

13.— (1) To enable anything to be done in connection with—

(a) any insolvency and restructuring proceedings relating to an insolvent person,

(b) any other relevant proceedings relating to a person other than an individual, or

(c) proceedings under the insolvency law of a country other than the United Kingdom that correspond to the proceedings in paragraph (a) or (b),

provided that any payments made directly or indirectly to a designated person are credited to a frozen account.

(2) In this paragraph—

“enactment” has the meaning given in section 54(6) of the Act;

“insolvency and restructuring proceedings” includes—

(a)

the regimes and proceedings set out in Parts A1 to 6 of the Insolvency Act 1986, Parts 1A to 7 of the Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 and so much of Part 1 of that Order as applies for the purposes of those Parts, but excluding—

(i)

proceedings under Chapter 3 of Part 4 (members’ voluntary winding up) of the Insolvency Act 1986, and

(ii)

proceedings under Chapter 3 of Part 5 (members’ voluntary winding up) of the Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 1989;

(b)

arrangements and reconstructions under Part 26 of the Companies Act 2006;

(c)

arrangements and reconstructions for companies in financial difficulty under Part 26A of the Companies Act 2006;

(d)

the proceedings and arrangements set out in the Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 2016;

“insolvent person” means a person (“P”), other than an individual, where—

(a)

P is unable to pay its debts as they fall due, or

(b)

the value of P’s assets is less than the amount of its liabilities, taking into account its contingent and prospective liabilities;

“other relevant proceedings” means—

(a)

the regimes and proceedings set out in—

(i)

sections 367 and 377A to 377J of, or Schedule 19C to, the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000;

(ii)

the Insurers (Reorganisation and Winding Up) (Lloyd’s) Regulations 2005;

(iii)

Parts 1 to 3 of the Banking Act 2009 (including Parts 2 and 3 as applied to building societies by section 90C of the Building Societies Act 1986);

(iv)

the Investment Bank Special Administration Regulations 2011;

(v)

Part 6 of the Financial Services (Banking Reform) Act 2013;

(vi)

the Payment and Electronic Money Institution Insolvency Regulations 2021;

(vii)

Schedule 11 to the Financial Services and Markets Act 2023;

(b)

proceedings under any other special administration regime;

“special administration regime” means provision made by an enactment for an insolvency procedure that—

(a)

is similar or corresponds to the ordinary administration procedure provided for by Schedule B1 to the Insolvency Act 1986 or Schedule B1 to the Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 1989, and

(b)

provides for the administrator to have one or more special objectives instead of or in addition to the objectives of ordinary administration.]

Textual Amendments

F6 Sch. 5 para. 13 inserted (5.12.2024) by The Sanctions (EU Exit) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/1157), regs. 1(2), 35(11)(c)

(1)

1986 c. 45.

(2)

S.I. 1989/2405 (N.I. 19).

(3)

United Nations Treaty Series, vol. 596, p. 261.