
2020 No. 733
Exiting The European Union
Sanctions
The Yemen (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020  (revoked)
Made 9th July 2020
Laid before Parliament 15th July 2020
Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1(2)
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PART 1 General
Citation and commencement
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Interpretation
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Application of prohibitions and requirements outside the United Kingdom
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Purpose
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PART 2 Designation of persons
Power to designate persons
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Criteria for designating a person
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Meaning of  “owned or controlled directly or indirectly”
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Notification and publicity where designation power used
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Confidential information in certain cases where designation power used
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Designation of persons named by or under UN Security Council Resolutions
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PART 3 Finance
Meaning of  “designated person” in Part 3
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Asset-freeze in relation to designated persons
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Making funds available to designated persons
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Making funds available for benefit of designated persons
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Making economic resources available to designated persons
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Making economic resources available for benefit of designated persons
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Circumventing etc. prohibitions
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PART 4 Immigration
Immigration
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PART 5 Trade
Interpretation of expressions used in this Part
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Export of military goods
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Supply and delivery of military goods
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Making military goods and military technology available
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Transfer of military technology
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Technical assistance relating to military goods and military technology
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Financial services and funds relating to military goods and military technology
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Brokering services: non-UK activity relating to military goods and military technology
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Enabling or facilitating the conduct of armed hostilities
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Circumventing etc. prohibitions
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Defences
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PART 6 Exceptions and licences
Finance: exceptions from prohibitions
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Exception for authorised conduct in a relevant country
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Exception for acts done for purposes of national security or prevention of serious crime
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Treasury licences
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Trade licences
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Licences: general provisions
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Finance: licensing offences
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Trade: licensing offences
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Section 8B(1) to (3) of the Immigration Act 1971: directions
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PART 7 Information and records
Finance: reporting obligations
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“Relevant firm”
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Finance: powers to request information
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Finance: production of documents
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Finance: information offences
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Trade: application of information powers in CEMA
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General trade licences: records
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General trade licences: inspection of records
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Disclosure of information
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Part 7: supplementary
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PART 8 Enforcement
Penalties for offences
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Liability of officers of bodies corporate etc.
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Jurisdiction to try offences
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Procedure for offences by unincorporated bodies
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Time limit for proceedings for summary offences
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Trade enforcement: application of CEMA
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Trade offences in CEMA: modification of penalty
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Application of Chapter 1 of Part 2 of the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005
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Monetary penalties
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PART 9 Maritime enforcement
Exercise of maritime enforcement powers
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Maritime enforcement officers
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Power to stop, board, search etc.
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Seizure power
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Restrictions on exercise of maritime enforcement powers
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Interpretation of Part 9
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PART 10 Supplementary and final provision
Notices
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Trade: overlapping offences
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Revocations
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Amendment of the United Nations and European Union Financial Sanctions (Linking) Regulations 2017
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Transitional provision: Treasury licences
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Transitional provision: trade licences
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Transitional provision: pending applications for trade licences
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Transitional provision: prior obligations
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SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 1
Rules for interpretation of regulation 7(2)

Regulation 7(3)
Application of Schedule
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Joint interests
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Joint arrangements
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Calculating shareholdings
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Voting rights
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Rights to appoint or remove members of the board
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Shares or rights held  “indirectly”
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Shares held by nominees
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Rights treated as held by person who controls their exercise
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Rights exercisable only in certain circumstances etc.
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Rights attached to shares held by way of security
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SCHEDULE 2
Treasury licences: purposes

Regulation 33
PART 1 Interpretation
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PART 2 Purposes
Basic needs
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Legal services
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Maintenance of frozen funds and economic resources
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Extraordinary expenses
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Pre-existing judicial decisions etc.
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Humanitarian assistance activities etc.
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PART 3 Purposes relating only to UN designated persons
Prior obligations
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PART 4 Purposes relating only to non-UN designated persons
Prior obligations
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Diplomatic missions etc.
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Extraordinary situation
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