The Burundi (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

Made: 18th July 2019

Laid before Parliament: 19th July 2019

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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Purposes

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PART 2 — Designation of persons

Power to designate persons

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Designation criteria

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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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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 — Exceptions and licences

Finance: exceptions from prohibitions

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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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Finance: licensing offences

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Section 8B(1) to (3) of Immigration Act 1971: directions

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PART 6 — 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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Disclosure of information

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Part 6: supplementary

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PART 7 — 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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Application of Chapter 1 of Part 2 of Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005

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PART 8 — Supplementary and final provision

Notices

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Revocation of the Burundi Council Regulation

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Other revocations and amendments

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Transitional provision: Treasury licences

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Transitional provisions: prior obligations

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SCHEDULE 1 — Rules for interpretation of regulation 7(2)

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

Interpretation

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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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Diplomatic missions

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Extraordinary situation

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Prior obligations

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Signed

Alan Duncan — Minister of State — 2019-07-18

Explanatory note

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Footnotes

[^f00001]: The power to make regulations under Part 1 of the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018 is conferred on an “appropriate Minister”. Section 1(9)(a) of the Act defines an “appropriate Minister” as including the Secretary of State.

[^f00002]: 2018 c.13.

[^f00003]: OJ L 257, 2.10.2015, p. 1-10.

[^f00004]: “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 unincorporated) any organisation and any association or combination of persons.

[^f00005]: 1971 c. 77. Section 8B was inserted by the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 (c.33), section 8 and amended by the Immigration Act 2016 (c.19), section 76; and the Act, section 59 and Schedule 3, Part 1.

[^f00006]: 2000 c.8. Section 142D was inserted by the Financial Services (Banking Reform) Act 2013 (c.33), section 4(1).

[^f00007]: Section 142A was inserted by the Financial Services (Banking Reform) Act 2013, section 4(1).

[^f00008]: Part 4A was inserted by the Financial Services Act 2012 (c.21), section 11(2) and amended by S.I. 2013/504, S.I. 2013/1773, S.I. 2013/3115 and S.I. 2018/135.

[^f00009]: Section 22 was amended by the Financial Guidance and Claims Act 2018 (c.10), section 27(4); the Financial Services Act 2012, section 7(1); and S.I. 2018/135.

[^f00010]: S.I. 2001/544 as amended by S.I. 2017/500.

[^f00011]: Schedule 2 was amended by the Regulation of Financial Services (Land Transactions) Act 2005 (c.24), section 1; the Dormant Bank and Building Society Accounts Act 2008 (c.31), section 15 and Schedule 2, paragraph 1; the Financial Services Act 2012, sections 7(2) to (5) and 8; and S.I. 2013/1881; and it is prospectively amended by S.I. 2018/135.

[^f00012]: 2006 c.46.

[^f00013]: 2014 c.2.

[^f00014]: 2005 c.19.

[^f00015]: 1979 c.38. Section 1 was amended by the Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1985 (c.73), Schedule 1, paragraph 40; the Planning (Consequential Provisions) Act 1990 (c.11), Schedule 2, paragraph 42; the Planning (Consequential Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1997 (c.11), Schedule 2, paragraph 28; the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (c.24), section 70; S.I. 1991/2684; S.I. 2000/121 and S.I. 2001/1283.

[^f00016]: Section 1210 was amended by S.I. 2008/565; S.I. 2008/567; S.I. 2008/1950; S.I. 2011/99; S.I. 2012/1809; S.I. 2013/3115; S.I. 2017/516 and S.I. 2017/1164.

[^f00017]: 2017 c.3.

[^f00018]: Section 1(8) of the Act defines an “international obligation” as an obligation of the United Kingdom created or arising by or under any international agreement.

[^f00019]: 2016 c.25. Amendments have been made by the Policing and Crime Act 2017, Schedule 9, paragraph 74; the Data Protection Act 2018 (c.12), Schedule 19, paragraphs 198-203; S.I. 2018/652 and S.I. 2018/1123. Savings provisions are made by S.I. 2017/859.

[^f00020]: 2018 c.12. There are amendments to this Act that are not relevant to these Regulations.

[^f00021]: 2003 c.44. Amendments have been made to section 154(1) that are not relevant to these Regulations.

[^f00022]: 1995 c. 46.

[^f00023]: 1925 c.86. Amendments have been made to section 33 that are not relevant to these Regulations.

[^f00024]: 1980 c. 43. Amendments have been made to Schedule 3 that are not relevant to these Regulations.

[^f00025]: 1945 c. 15 (N.I.).

[^f00026]: S.I. 1981/1675 (N.I. 26).

[^f00027]: 2005 c. 15. Chapter 1 of Part 2 has been amended by the Terrorism Act 2006 (c.11), section 33; the Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2006 (c.33), sections 26(2) and 30(2) and Schedules 3 and 5; the Bribery Act 2010 (c.23), section 17(2) and Schedule 1; the Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp.13), section 203 and Schedule 7, paragraph 77; the Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c.22), section 17(4) and Schedule 8, paragraphs 157 and 159; the Criminal Finances Act 2017 (c.22), section 51(1); the Act, section 59(4) and Schedule 3, paragraph 4; and S.I. 2014/834.

[^f00028]: S.I. 2015/1740.

[^f00029]: S.I. 2019/380.

[^f00030]: 1986 c. 45.

[^f00031]: S.I. 1989/2405 (N.I. 19).

[^f00032]: United Nations Treaty Series, vol. 596, p. 261.

[^f00033]: United Nations Treaty Series, vol. 500, p. 95.

Transitional provision: Treasury licences

Transitional provisions: prior obligations

Editorial notes

Finance: 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

Treasury licences

Finance: licensing offences

Section 8B(1) to (3) of Immigration Act 1971: directions

Finance: disclosure to the Treasury

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Part 6: supplementary