The Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

PART 4 — Further goods with potential military and industrial uses

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Any thing (other than a thing falling within commodity code 2933 which is pre-packaged for medical use) falling within a commodity code mentioned in column 1 of the following table.

Commodity code (1)	Description (2)
2517 10 20	Broken or crushed dolomite and limestone flux, for concrete aggregates, for road metalling or for railway or other ballast
2517 20	Macadam of slag, dross or similar industrial waste, whether or not incorporating pebbles, gravel, shingle and flint for concrete aggregates, for road metalling or for railway or other ballast
2705	Coal gas, water gas, producer gas, lean gas and similar gases (excluding petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons)
2707 91	Creosote oils (excluding chemically defined)
2711 12 11	Propane of a purity of >= 99%, for use as a power or heating fuel, liquefied
2711 12 19	Propane of a purity of >= 99%, liquefied (excluding for use as a power or heating fuel)
2801 20	Iodine
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2821 10	Iron oxides and hydroxides
2853 90 30	Liquid air, whether or not rare gases have been removed; compressed air
2921 19 50	Diethylamine and its salts
2933	Heterocyclic compounds
3603 10	Safety fuses
3603 30	Percussion caps (excluding cartridge cases with percussion caps)
3604 90	Signalling flares, rain rockets, fog signals and other pyrotechnic articles (excluding fireworks and cartridge blanks)
3802 90	Activated kieselguhr and other activated natural mineral products; animal black, whether or not spent (excluding activated carbon, calcinated diatomite without the addition of sintering agents and activated chemical products)
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3816	Refractory cements, mortars, concretes and similar compositions, including dolomite ramming mix, other than products of heading 3801
3822 90	Certified Reference Materials
3902	Polymers of propylene or of other olefins, in primary forms
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3910	Silicones in primary forms
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3923 30 10	Carboys, bottles, flasks and similar articles for the conveyance or packaging of goods, of plastics, with a capacity of <= 2 l
3926 30	Fittings for furniture, coachwork or the like (of plastics and other materials of headings 3901 to 3914)
3926 40	Statuettes and other ornamental articles (of plastics and other materials of headings 3901 to 3914)
3926 90	Other articles of plastics and articles of other materials of headings 3901 to 3914
4011 10	New pneumatic tyres, of rubber, of a kind used for motor cars, including station wagons and racing cars
4011 90	New pneumatic tyres, of rubber, (excluding of a kind used on agricultural, forestry, construction, mining or industrial handling vehicles and machines, for motor cars, station wagons, racing cars, buses, lorries, aircraft, motorcycles and bicycles)
4013 10	Inner tubes, of rubber, of a kind used on motor cars, including station wagons and racing cars, buses and lorries
4013 90	Inner tubes, of rubber (excluding those of a kind used on motor cars, including station wagons and racing cars, buses, lorries and bicycles)
5911 90 91	Self-adhesive circular polishing pads of a kind used for the manufacture of semiconductor wafers
6306 12	Tarpaulins, awnings and sunblinds of synthetic fibres (excluding flat covers of light fabrics made up as tarpaulins)
6306 19	Tarpaulins, awnings and sunblinds of textile materials (excluding of synthetic fibres and flat covers of light fabrics made up as tarpaulins)
6506 10 80	Safety headgear, whether or not lined or trimmed (other than of plastics)
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7302	Railway or tramway track construction material of iron or steel, the following: rails, check-rails and rack rails, switch blades, crossing frogs, point rods and other crossing pieces, sleepers (cross-ties), fish-plates, chairs, chair wedges, sole plates (base plates), rail clips, bedplates, ties and other material specialised for jointing or fixing rails
7419 80 10	Cloth “including endless bands”, grill and netting, of copper wire of which the largest cross-sectional dimension <= 6 mm, and expanded metal, of copper (excluding cloth of metal fibres for clothing, lining and similar uses, flux-coated copper fabric for brazing, cloth, grill and netting made into hand sieves or machine parts)
7616 99 10	Articles of aluminium, cast, n.e.s.
8108 30	Titanium waste and scrap (excluding ash and residues containing titanium)
8201 10	Spades and shovels, with working parts of base metal
8201 30	Mattocks, picks, hoes and rakes, with working parts of base metal (excluding ice axes)
8201 40	Axes, billhooks and similar hewing tools, with working parts of base metal (excluding ice axes)
8202 10	Handsaws, with working parts of base metal (excluding power-operated saws)
8202 40	Chainsaw blades of base metal
8211 10	Sets of assorted articles of knives of heading 8211; sets in which there is a higher number of knives of heading 8211 than of any other article
8211 93	Knives having other than fixed blades, including pruning knives, of base metal (excluding razors)
8211 94	Blades of base metal for table knives, pocket knives and other knives of heading 8211
8211 95	Handles of base metal for table knives, pocket knives and other knives of heading 8211
8403	Central heating boilers other than those of heading 8402
8407	Spark-ignition reciprocating or rotary internal combustion piston engines
8409	Parts suitable for use solely or principally with the engines of heading 8407 or 8408
8411	Turbojets, turbopropellers and other gas turbines
8413 20	Hand pumps for liquids (excluding those of subheading 8413 11 and 8413 19)
8413 40	Concrete pumps
8413 70	Other centrifugal pumps
8413 91	Parts of pumps for liquids, n.e.s.
8414 30	Compressors of a kind used in refrigerating equipment
8414 40	Air compressors mounted on a wheeled chassis for towing
8414 59	Fans (excluding table, floor, wall, window, ceiling or roof fans, with a self-contained electric motor of an output <= 125 W)
8414 60	Hoods incorporating a fan, whether or not fitted with filters, having a maximum horizontal side <= 120 cm
8414 70	Gas-tight biological safety cabinets
8414 80	Other Air pumps, air or other gas compressors and fans; ventilating or recycling hoods incorporating a fan, whether or not fitted with filters (excluding vacuum pumps, hand- or foot-operated air pumps, compressors of a kind used in refrigerating equipment, air compressors mounted on a wheeled chassis for towing, fans, hoods having a maximum horizontal side note exceeding 120cm and gas-tight biological safety cabinets)
8417	Industrial or laboratory furnaces and ovens, including incinerators, non-electric
8418 10	Combined refrigerator-freezers, fitted with separate external doors or drawers, or combinations thereof
8418 21 10	Household refrigerators, compression-type, of a capacity > 340 l
8418 21 51	Household refrigerators, compression-type, table model
8418 21 59	Household refrigerators, compression-type, building-in type
8418 21 99	Household refrigerators, compression-type, of a capacity > 250 l but <= 340 l (excluding table models and building-in types)
8418 29	Household refrigerators, absorption-type
8419 20	Medical, surgical or laboratory sterilizers
8419 60	Machinery for liquefying air or other gases
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8430 31	Self-propelled coal or rock cutters and tunnelling machinery (excluding hydraulically operated self-advancing supports for mines)
8430 41	Self-propelled boring or sinking machinery for boring earth or extracting minerals or ores (excluding those mounted on railway or tramway wagons, motor vehicle chassis or lorries and tunnelling machinery)
8431	Parts suitable for use solely or principally with the machinery of headings 8425 to 8430
8443 31	Machines which perform two or more of the functions of printing, copying or facsimile transmission, capable of connecting to an automatic data-processing machine or to a network
8443 32	Other printers, copying machines and facsimile machines, whether or not combined capable of connecting to an automatic data-processing machine or network (excluding printing machines used for printing by means of plates, cylinders and other printing components of heading 8442 and; machines which perform two or more of the functions of printing, copying or facsimile transmission, capable of connecting to an automatic data-processing machine or to a network)
8443 39	Printers, copying machines and facsimile machines, whether or not combined (excluding those capable of connecting to an automatic data processing machine or to a network and printing machinery used for printing by means of plates, cylinders and other printing components of heading 8442)
8452	Sewing machines, other than book-sewing machines of heading 8440; furniture, bases and covers specially designed for sewing machines; sewing machine needles
8456	Machine tools for working any material by removal of material, by laser or other light or photon beam, ultrasonic, electrodischarge, electrochemical, electron beam, ionic-beam or plasma arc processes; water-jet cutting machines
8465	Machine tools (including machines for nailing, stapling, glueing or otherwise assembling) for working wood, cork, bone, hard rubber, hard plastics or similar hard materials
8467	Tools for working in the hand, pneumatic, hydraulic or with self-contained electric or non-electric motor
8470	Calculating machines and pocket-size data-recording, reproducing and displaying machines with calculating functions; accounting machines, postage-franking machines, ticket-issuing machines and similar machines, incorporating a calculating device; cash registers
8471 30	Data-processing machines, automatic, portable, weighing <= 10 kg, consisting of at least a central processing unit, a keyboard and a display (excluding peripheral units)
8471 41	Data-processing machines, automatic, comprising in the same housing at least a central processing unit, and one input unit and one output unit, whether or not combined (excluding portable weighing <= 10 kg and excluding those presented in the form of systems and peripheral units)
8471 49	Data-processing machines, automatic, presented in the form of systems “comprising at least a central processing unit, one input unit and one output unit” (excluding portable weighing <= 10 kg and excluding peripheral units)
8471 60	Input or output units, whether or not containing storage units in the same housing
8471 70	Storage units
8471 90	Magnetic or optical readers, machines for transcribing data onto data media in coded form and machines for processing such data, n.e.s.
8472	Other office machines (for example, hectograph or stencil duplicating machines, addressing machines, automatic banknote dispensers, coin-sorting machines, coin-counting or -wrapping machines, pencil-sharpening machines, perforating or stapling machines)
8473	Parts and accessories (other than covers, carrying cases and the like) suitable for use solely or principally with machines of headings 8470 to 8472
847960	Evaporative air coolers, n.e.s.
8479 83	Cold isostatic presses
8481 80 40	Valves for pneumatic tyres and inner-tubes
8481 80 59	Process control valves (excluding temperature regulators, pressure-reducing valves, valves for the control of oleohydraulic or pneumatic power transmission, check valves and safety or relief valves, taps, cocks and valves for sinks, washbasins, bidets, water cisterns, baths and similar fixtures and central heating radiator valves)
8481 80 61	Gate valves of cast iron for pipes, boiler shells, tanks, vats or the like (excluding taps, cocks and valves for sinks, washbasins, bidets, water cisterns, baths and similar fixtures and central heating radiator valves)
8481 80 63	Gate valves of steel for pipes, boiler shells, tanks, vats or the like (excluding taps, cocks and valves for sinks, washbasins, bidets, water cisterns, baths and similar fixtures and central heating radiator valves)
8481 80 69	Gate valves for pipes, boiler shells, tanks, vats or the like (excluding of cast iron or steel, and taps, cocks and valves for sinks, washbasins, bidets, water cisterns, baths and similar fixtures and central heating radiator valves)
8481 80 71	Globe valves of cast iron (excluding temperature regulators, pressure-reducing valves, valves for the control of oleohydraulic or pneumatic power transmission, check valves and safety or relief valves, process control valves, taps, cocks and valves for sinks, washbasins, bidets, water cisterns, baths and similar fixtures, and central heating radiator valves)
8481 80 73	Globe valves of steel (excluding temperature regulators, pressure-reducing valves, valves for the control of oleohydraulic or pneumatic power transmission, check valves and safety or relief valves, process control valves, taps, cocks and valves for sinks, washbasins, bidets, water cisterns, baths and similar fixtures, and central heating radiator valves)
8481 80 79	Globe valves (excluding valves of cast iron or steel, temperature regulators, pressure-reducing valves, valves for the control of oleohydraulic or pneumatic power transmission, check valves and safety or relief valves, process control valves, taps, cocks and valves for sinks, washbasins, bidets, water cisterns, baths and similar fixtures, and central heating radiator valves)
8481 80 81	Ball and plug valves for pipes, boiler shells, tanks, vats or the like (excluding taps, cocks and valves for sinks, washbasins, bidets, water cisterns, baths and similar fixtures, and central heating radiator valves)
8481 80 85	Butterfly valves for pipes, boiler shells, tanks, vats or the like (excluding check valves)
8481 80 87	Diaphragm valves for pipes, boiler shells, tanks, vats or the like
8481 80 99	Appliances for pipes, boiler shells, tanks, vats or the like (excluding pressure-reducing valves, valves for the control of pneumatic power transmission, check “non-return” valves, safety or relief valves, taps, cocks and valves for sinks, baths and similar fixtures, central heating radiator valves, valves for pneumatic tyres and inner-tubes, process control valves, globe valves, gate valves, ball and plug valves, butterfly valves and diaphragm valves)
8481 90	Parts of valves and similar articles for pipes, boiler shells, tanks, vats or the like, n.e.s.
8485 10	Machines for additive manufacturing by metal deposit
8485 80	Machines for additive manufacturing (excluding by metal, plastics, rubber, plaster, cement, ceramics or glass deposit)
8501	Electric motors and generators (excluding generating sets)
8506	Primary cells and primary batteries
8509 90	Parts of electromechanical domestic appliances, with self-contained electric motor, n.e.s. (excluding of vacuum cleaners, dry and wet vacuum cleaners)
8513	Portable electric lamps designed to function by their own source of energy (for example, dry batteries, accumulators, magnetos), other than lighting equipment of heading 8512
8515	Electric (including electrically heated gas), laser or other light or photon beam, ultrasonic, electron beam, magnetic pulse or plasma arc soldering, brazing or welding machines and apparatus, whether or not capable of cutting; electric machines and apparatus for hot spraying of metals or cermets
8517	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
8518	Microphones and stands therefor; loudspeakers, whether or not mounted in their enclosures; headphones and earphones, whether or not combined with a microphone, and sets consisting of a microphone and one or more loudspeakers; audio-frequency electric amplifiers; electric sound amplifier sets
8519 20 91	Sound recording or sound reproducing apparatus, operated by coins, banknotes, bank cards, tokens or by other means of payment, with laser reading system (excluding coin-operated or disc-operated record-players)
8519 81	Sound recording or sound reproducing apparatus, using magnetic, optical or semiconductor media (excluding those operated by coins, banknotes, bank cards, tokens or by other means of payment, and turntables)
8519 89	Sound recording or sound reproducing apparatus (excluding using magnetic, optical or semiconductor media, those operated by coins, banknotes, bank cards, tokens or by other means of payment, and turntables)
8521	Video recording or reproducing apparatus, whether or not incorporating a video tuner
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8523 21	Cards incorporating a magnetic stripe for the recording of sound or of other phenomena
8523 29	Other magnetic media (excluding cards incorporating a magnetic stripe)
8523 41	Unrecorded optical media
8523 49	Other optical media (excluding undercorded optical media)
8523 52	Cards incorporating one or more electronic integrated circuits “smart cards”
8523 59	Semiconductor media (excluding solid-state non-volatile data storage devices and smart cards)
8523 80	Other discs, tapes, solid-state non-volatile storage devices, “smart cards” and other media for the recording of sound and other phenomena, whether or not recorded, including matrices and masters for the production of discs but excluding products of Chapter 37 (excluding magnetic media, optical media and semi-conductor media)
8524	Flat panel display modules, whether or not incorporating touch-sensitive screens
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8528	Monitors and projectors, not incorporating television reception apparatus; reception apparatus for television, whether or not incorporating radio-broadcast receivers or sound or video recording or reproducing apparatus
8531	Electric sound or visual signalling apparatus (for example, bells, sirens, indicator panels, burglar or fire alarms), other than those of heading 8512 or 8530
8536	Electrical apparatus for switching or protecting electrical circuits, or for making connections to or in electrical circuits (for example, switches, relays, fuses, surge suppressors, plugs, sockets, lamp holders and other connectors, junction boxes), for a voltage not exceeding 1 000 V; connectors for optical fibres, optical fibre bundles or cables
8537 20 91	Boards, cabinets and similar combinations of apparatus for electric control or the distribution of electricity, for a voltage > 1.000 V but <= 72.5 kV
8537 20 99	Boards, cabinets and similar combinations of apparatus for electric control or the distribution of electricity, for a voltage > 72.5 kV
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8544	Insulated (including enamelled or anodised) wire, cable (including coaxial cable) and other insulated electric conductors, whether or not fitted with connectors; optical fibre cables, made up of individually sheathed fibres, whether or not assembled with electric conductors or fitted with connectors
8603	Self-propelled railway or tramway coaches, vans and trucks, other than those of heading 8604
8605	Railway or tramway passenger coaches, luggage vans, post office coaches and other special purpose railway or tramway coaches (excluding self-propelled railway or tramway coaches, vans and trucks, railway or tramway maintenance or service vehicles and goods vans and wagons)
8607	Parts of railway or tramway locomotives or rolling stock
8701	Tractors (other than tractors of heading 8709)
8702	Motor vehicles for the transport of ten or more persons, including the driver
8706	Chassis fitted with engines, for the motor vehicles of headings 8701 to 8705
8707	Bodies (including cabs), for the motor vehicles of headings 8701 to 8705
8708 10	Bumpers and parts thereof
8708 21	Safety seat belts
8708 30	Brakes and servo-brakes; parts thereof
8708 40	Gear boxes and parts thereof
8708 50	Drive-axles with differential, whether or not provided with other transmission components, and non-driving axles; parts thereof
8708 70	Road wheels and parts and accessories thereof
8708 80	Suspension systems and parts thereof (including shock-absorbers)
8708 91	Radiators and parts thereof
8708 93	Clutches and parts thereof
8708 94	Steering wheels, steering columns and steering columns; parts thereof
8708 99 93	Parts and accessories of closed-die forged steel, for tractors, motor vehicles for the transport of ten or more persons, motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of persons, motor vehicles for the transport of goods and special purpose motor vehicles, n.e.s.
8708 99 97	Parts and accessories for tractors, motor vehicles for the transport of ten or more persons, motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of persons, motor vehicles for the transport of goods and special purpose motor vehicles, n.e.s. (excluding of closed-die forged steel)
8711	Motorcycles (including mopeds) and cycles fitted with an auxiliary motor, with or without side-cars; side-cars
8714 10 10	Brakes and parts thereof, of motorcycles “including mopeds”
8714 10 20	Gear boxes and parts thereof, of motorcycles “including mopeds”
8714 10 30	Road wheels and parts and accessories thereof, of motorcycles “including mopeds”
8714 10 50	Clutches and parts thereof, of motorcycles “including mopeds”
8714 10 90	Parts and accessories of motorcycles, including mopeds, n.e.s. (excluding brakes, gear boxes, road wheels, silencers, exhaust pipes, clutches, and their parts)
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. . .	Trailers and semi-trailers, not designed for running on rails (excluding trailers and semi-trailers for the transport of goods and those of the caravan type for housing or camping)
8901 10	Cruise ships, excursion boats and similar vessels principally designed for the transport of persons; ferry-boats of all kinds
8901 90	Other vessels for the transport of goods and other vessels for the transport of both persons and goods (excluding refrigerated vessels, tankers, ferry-boats and vessels principally designed for the transport of person)
8902	Fishing vessels; factory ships and other vessels for processing or preserving fishery products
9001 40 20	Spectacle lenses of glass, not for the correction of vision
9001 50 20	Spectacle lenses of materials other than glass, not for the correction of vision
9001 90 00	Lenses, prisms, mirrors and other optical elements, of any material, unmounted (excluding such elements of glass not optically worked, contact lenses and spectacle lenses)
9002	Lenses, prisms, mirrors and other optical elements, of any material, mounted, being parts of or fittings for instruments or apparatus, other than such elements of glass not optically worked
9006 53 80	Cameras for roll film of a width of 35 mm (excluding instant print cameras, specially designed cameras of subheading 9006.30 and disposable cameras)
9006 59	Cameras for roll film of a width other than 35 mm or for film in the flat (excluding instant print cameras and cameras specially designed for underwater use, for aerial survey or for medical or surgical examination of internal organs, and comparison cameras for forensic or criminological purposes)
9006 61	Electronic discharge lamp flashlight apparatus for photographic purposes
9006 69	Photographic flashlights and flashlight apparatus (excluding with electronic discharge lamps)
9006 91	Parts and accessories for photographic cameras, n.e.s.
9006 99	Parts and accessories for photographic flashlights and flashlight apparatus, n.e.s.
9011	Compound optical microscopes, including those for photomicrography, cinephotomicrography or microprojection
9012	Microscopes other than optical microscopes; diffraction apparatus
9013	Lasers, other than laser diodes; other optical appliances and instruments, not specified or included elsewhere in this chapter
9018 12	Ultrasonic scanning apparatus
9020	Other breathing appliances and gas masks, excluding protective masks having neither mechanical parts nor replaceable filters
9022 12	Computer tomography apparatus
9022 19	Apparatus based on the use of X-rays (other than for medical, surgical, dental or veterinary uses)
9022 29	Apparatus based on the use of alpha, beta, gamma or other ionising radiation (other than for medical, surgical, dental or veterinary uses)
9022 30	X-ray tubes
9022 90	Other; including parts and accessories
9027 30	Spectrometers, spectrophotometers and spectrographs using optical radiations, such as UV, visible, IR
9027 90	Microtomes; parts and accessories of instruments and apparatus for physical or chemical analysis, instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking viscosity, porosity, expansion, surface tension or the like, instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking quantities of heat, sound or light, and of microtomes, n.e.s.
9030	Oscilloscopes, spectrum analysers and other instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking electrical quantities, excluding meters of heading 9028; instruments and apparatus for measuring or detecting alpha, beta, gamma, X-ray, cosmic or other ionising radiation
9032	Automatic regulating or controlling instruments and apparatus
9106	Time of day recording apparatus and apparatus for measuring, recording or otherwise indicating intervals of time, with clock or watch movement or with synchronous motor (for example, time-registers, time-recorders)
9107	Time switches with clock or watch movement or with synchronous motor
9401 91 10	Parts of seats used for aircraft, of wood, n.e.s.
9401 99 10	Parts of seats used for aircraft, n.e.s.
9506 11 10	Cross-country skis
9506 11 21	Monoskis and snowboards
9506 11 80	Snow-skis (excluding cross-country and downhill skis)
9506 12	Ski bindings
9506 19	Ski equipment for winter sports (other than skis and ski-fastenings (ski-bindings))
9603 50	Brushes constituting parts of machines, appliances or vehicles

PART 1ZA — Divestment etc.

Interpretation of Part 1ZA

9DA

In this Part—

• “designated person” has the same meaning as it has in Chapter 1 of Part 3 (Finance);

• “Government of Russia” has the same meaning as in regulation 6;

• “non-UK country” means a country that is not the United Kingdom;

• “non-UK credit or financial institution” has the same meaning as in regulation 17A;

• “person concerned” means the Government of Russia or, as the case may be, a designated person or a person who is owned or controlled directly or indirectly (within the meaning of regulation 7) by the designated person;

• “UK entity” means a person, other than an individual, incorporated or constituted under the law of any part of the United Kingdom.

Divestment

9DB

• (1) To enable anything to be done by a UK entity to enable that entity to undertake a relevant transfer.

• (2) In sub-paragraph (1), a “relevant transfer” means a transfer of funds or economic resources located in Russia and owned, held or controlled by the UK entity, to a person concerned in order to enable that entity to divest itself, either wholly or partially, of those funds or economic resources.

• (3) Where sub-paragraph (4) applies, to enable anything to be done by a UK entity in order to allow that entity to acquire from a person concerned an interest in that entity held by that person.

• (4) This sub-paragraph applies where—

• (a) the sole consideration for that acquisition is a transfer of funds from the UK entity to the person concerned;

• (b) such funds are credited to—

• (i) a frozen account held by a relevant institution; or

• (ii) an account held by a non-UK credit or financial institution in a non-UK country; and

• (c) where paragraph (b)(ii) applies, the law of that non-UK country—

• (i) contains relevant and appropriate—

• (aa) prohibitions corresponding to those in Part 3 of these Regulations; and

• (bb) exceptions corresponding to those in Part 7 of these Regulations; and

• (ii) where relevant or appropriate, allows for licences to be granted on grounds corresponding to those in this Schedule.

Enabling others to divest themselves of funds or economic resources

9DC

• (1) To enable anything to be done by a UK entity in order to enable another person (“B”) to undertake a relevant transfer.

• (2) In sub-paragraph (1), a “relevant transfer” means a transfer of funds or economic resources located in Russia and owned, held or controlled by B, to a person concerned, in order to enable B to divest itself, either wholly or partially, of those funds or economic resources.

• (3) Where sub-paragraph (4) applies, to enable anything to be done by a UK entity in order to enable B to acquire from a person concerned an interest in B held by the person concerned.

• (4) This sub-paragraph applies where—

• (a) the sole consideration for that acquisition is a transfer of funds from B to the person concerned;

• (b) such funds are credited to—

• (i) a frozen account held by a relevant institution; or

• (ii) an account held by a non-UK credit or financial institution in a non-UK country; and

• (c) where paragraph (b)(ii) applies, the law of that non-UK country—

• (i) contains relevant and appropriate—

• (aa) prohibitions corresponding to those in Part 3 of these Regulations; and

• (bb) exceptions corresponding to those in Part 7 of these Regulations; and

• (ii) where relevant or appropriate, allows for licences to be granted on grounds corresponding to those in this Schedule.

Other licensing purposes

9TA

To enable anything to be done in connection with a licence which the Treasury has decided to issue for another purpose specified in this Schedule.

Designated persons: reporting obligations

70A

• (1) A designated person who is a United Kingdom person must, by the end of the period specified in paragraph (3) or (4) (as the case may be) inform the Treasury of —

• (a) the nature and value of any funds or economic resources which that person owns, holds or controls in any jurisdiction; and

• (b) the location of those funds or economic resources.

• (2) A designated person who is not a United Kingdom person must, by the end of the period specified in paragraph (3) or (4) (as the case may be) inform the Treasury of—

• (a) the nature and value of any funds or economic resources which that person owns, holds or controls in the United Kingdom; and

• (b) the location of those funds or economic resources.

• (3) Where a person is a designated person immediately before the day on which this regulation comes into force (“the relevant day”), the designated person must give the information in paragraph (1) or (2) (as the case may be) to the Treasury by the end of the period of 10 weeks starting on the relevant day.

• (4) Where a person is not a designated person immediately before the relevant day but becomes a designated person on or after that day, the designated person must give the information in paragraph (1) or (2) (as the case may be) to the Treasury by the end of the period of 10 weeks starting on the day on which the person becomes a designated person.

• (5) Where a designated person has provided information to the Treasury under paragraph (1) or (2), that person must inform the Treasury as soon as practicable of any change to the nature, value or location of the funds or economic resources.

• (6) A person who—

• (a) without reasonable excuse, refuses or fails to comply with the requirement in paragraph (1), (2) or (5) (as the case may be); or

• (b) knowingly or recklessly, gives information under paragraph (1), (2) or (5) (as the case may be) which is false in a material particular,

commits an offence.

• (7) In this regulation, “designated person” has the same meaning as it has in Chapter 1 of Part 3 (Finance).

“Relevant firm”

Finance: powers to request information

Finance: production of documents

Finance: information offences

Trade: application of information powers in CEMA

General trade licences: records

General trade licences: inspection of records

Internet services: power to request information and produce documents

Internet services: information offences

Disclosure of information

Finance: disclosure to the Treasury

Part 8: supplementary

CHAPTER 4JB — Diamonds and diamond jewellery

Interpretation

46Z16J

In this Chapter—

• “diamonds” means any thing specified in Part 2 of Schedule 3GA;

• “diamond jewellery” means any thing specified in Part 3 of Schedule 3GA;

• “third country” means a country which is not the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man or Russia.

Import of diamonds and diamond jewellery

46Z16K

• (1) The import of diamonds and diamond jewellery which are consigned from Russia is prohibited.

• (2) The import of diamonds and diamond jewellery which originate in Russia is prohibited.

• (3) Paragraphs (1) and (2) are subject to Part 7 (Exceptions and licences).

Acquisition of diamonds and diamond jewellery

46Z16L

• (1) A person must not directly or indirectly acquire diamonds or diamond jewellery which—

• (a) originate in Russia; or

• (b) are located in Russia.

• (2) Paragraph (1) is subject to Part 7 (Exceptions and licences).

• (3) A person who contravenes a prohibition in paragraph (1) commits an offence, but—

• (a) it is a defence for a person charged with the offence of contravening paragraph (1)(a) to show that the person did not know and had no reasonable cause to suspect that the goods originated in Russia;

• (b) it is a defence for a person charged with the offence of contravening paragraph (1)(b) to show that the person did not know and had no reasonable cause to suspect that the goods were located in Russia.

Supply and delivery of diamonds and diamond jewellery

46Z16M

• (1) A person must not directly or indirectly supply or deliver diamonds or diamond jewellery from a place in Russia to a third country.

• (2) Paragraph (1) is subject to Part 7 (Exceptions and licences).

• (3) A person who contravenes a prohibition in paragraph (1) commits an offence, but it is a defence for a person charged with the offence of contravening paragraph (1) to show that the person did not know and had no reasonable cause to suspect that the supply or delivery was from a place in Russia, whether directly or indirectly.

Technical assistance relating to diamonds and diamond jewellery

46Z16N

• (1) A person must not directly or indirectly provide technical assistance relating to—

• (a) the import of diamonds or diamond jewellery which—

• (i) originate in Russia, or

• (ii) are consigned from Russia;

• (b) the direct or indirect acquisition of diamonds or diamond jewellery which—

• (i) originate in Russia, or

• (ii) are located in Russia; or

• (c) the direct or indirect supply or delivery of diamonds or diamond jewellery from a place in Russia to a third country.

• (2) Paragraph (1) is subject to Part 7 (Exceptions and licences).

• (3) A person who contravenes a prohibition in paragraph (1) commits an offence, but it is a defence for a person charged with an offence of contravening—

• (a) paragraph (1)(a) to show that the person did not know and had no reasonable cause to suspect that the technical assistance related to an import described in that paragraph;

• (b) paragraph (1)(b) to show that the person did not know and had no reasonable cause to suspect that the technical assistance related to an acquisition described in that paragraph;

• (c) paragraph (1)(c), to show that the person did not know and had no reasonable cause to suspect that the technical assistance related to a supply or delivery described in that paragraph.

Financial services and funds relating to diamonds and diamond jewellery

46Z16O

• (1) A person must not directly or indirectly provide financial services or funds in pursuance of or in connection with an arrangement whose object or effect is—

• (a) the import of diamonds or diamond jewellery which—

• (i) originate in Russia, or

• (ii) are consigned from Russia;

• (b) the direct or indirect acquisition of diamonds or diamond jewellery which—

• (i) originate in Russia, or

• (ii) are located in Russia; or

• (c) the direct or indirect supply or delivery of diamonds or diamond jewellery from a place in Russia to a third country.

• (2) Paragraph (1) is subject to Part 7 (Exceptions and licences).

• (3) A person who contravenes a prohibition in paragraph (1) commits an offence, but it is a defence for a person charged with the offence of contravening that paragraph to show that the person did not know and had no reasonable cause to suspect that the financial services or funds (as the case may be) were provided in pursuance of or in connection with an arrangement mentioned in that paragraph.

Brokering services relating to diamonds and diamond jewellery

46Z16P

• (1) A person must not directly or indirectly provide brokering services in relation to any arrangements described in regulation 46Z16O(1).

• (2) Paragraph (1) is subject to Part 7 (Exceptions and licences).

• (3) A person who contravenes a prohibition in paragraph (1) commits an offence, but it is a defence for a person charged with the offence of contravening that paragraph to show that the person did not know and had no reasonable cause to suspect that the brokering services were provided in relation to an arrangement mentioned in that paragraph.

Trade: exception in respect of the acquisition of Schedule 3DA revenue generating goods

60GC

• (1) The prohibitions specified in paragraph (2) do not apply in relation to diamonds and diamond jewellery located in the United Kingdom or the Isle of Man having been lawfully imported there.

• (2) The prohibitions specified in this paragraph are those in—

• (a) regulation 46Z16L(1) (acquisition of diamonds and diamond jewellery);

• (b) regulation 46Z16N(1)(b) (technical assistance relating to diamonds and diamond jewellery);

• (c) regulation 46Z16O(1)(b) (financial services and funds relating to diamonds and diamond jewellery);

• (d) regulation 46Z16P(1) (brokering services relating to diamonds and diamond jewellery) insofar as it relates to the an arrangement falling within regulation 46Z16O(1)(b).

• (3) In this regulation, “diamonds” and “diamond jewellery” have the meanings given in regulation 46Z16J (interpretation of Chapter 4JB).

Trade: exception in relation to oil and oil products

Trade: exception in relation to maritime transportation of certain oil and oil products

Trade: exceptions in relation to Energy-related Goods

Trade: exception for emergencies in certain cases

Trade: exception for humanitarian assistance activity in non-government controlled areas of the Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia oblasts

Ships: exceptions from prohibition on port entry

Aircraft: exceptions from prohibitions

Exception relating to trade restrictions in relation to non-government controlled Ukrainian territory

Exception for authorised conduct in a relevant country

Exception for acts done for purposes of national security or prevention of serious crime

Treasury licences

Trade licences

Aircraft licences

Licences: general provisions

Finance: licensing offences

Trade: licensing offences

Aircraft: licensing offences

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

SCHEDULE 3GA — Diamonds and diamond jewellery

PART 1 — General

1

Paragraph 1 of Schedule 3 applies for the purposes of interpreting Parts 2 and 3 of this Schedule.

PART 2 — Diamonds

2

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

(1) Commodity code	(2) Description
7102 10	Unsorted diamonds
7102 31	Non-industrial diamonds, unworked or simply sawn, cleaved or bruted
7102 39	Non-industrial diamonds, other than unworked or simply sawn, cleaved or bruted
7104 21	Synthetic or reconstructed diamonds, unworked or simply sawn or roughly shaped
7104 91	Synthetic or reconstructed diamonds, other than unworked or simply sawn or roughly shaped

PART 3 — Diamond jewellery

3

Any thing falling within both a commodity code mentioned in column 1 of the following table and the corresponding description of that thing mentioned in column 2 of that table.

(1) Commodity code	(2) Description
ex 7113	Articles or jewellery and parts thereof, of precious metal or of metal clad with precious metal, incorporating diamonds
ex 7114	Articles of goldsmiths’ or silversmiths’ wares and parts thereof, of precious metal or of metal clad with precious metal, incorporating diamonds
ex 7115 90	Other articles of precious metal or of metal clad with precious metal, incorporating diamonds, not elsewhere specified, excluding platinum catalysts in the form of wire cloth or grill
ex 7116 20	Articles of natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones (natural, synthetic or reconstructed), incorporating diamonds
ex 9101	Wristwatches, pocket-watches and other watches, including stopwatches, incorporating diamonds, with case of precious metal or of metal clad with precious metal

CHAPTER4JC — Certain diamonds processed in a third country

Interpretation

46Z16Q

• (1) In this Chapter—

• “diamonds” means any thing falling within—the following commodity codes—7102 10 (unsorted diamonds);7102 39 (non-industrial diamonds, other than unworked or simply sawn, cleaved or bruted); andboth commodity code ex 7102 31 and the description “non-industrial diamonds, simply sawn, cleaved or bruted”;

• “relevant day” means—1st March 2024 in relation to any diamonds which are equal to or larger than 1 carat;1st September 2024 in relation to any diamonds which are equal to or larger than 0.5 carats;

• “relevant processed diamonds” means diamonds which—were mined in Russia; andhave been processed in a third country;

• “third country” means a country that is not the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man or Russia.

• (2) Paragraph 1 of Schedule 3 applies for the purposes of interpreting the definition of diamonds in paragraph (1).

• (3) For the purposes of this Chapter, diamonds are processed where they are—

• (a) altered;

• (b) transformed in any way; or

• (c) subjected to any other type of operation or process.

Import of relevant processed diamonds

46Z16R

• (1) The import of relevant processed diamonds, on or after the relevant day, is prohibited.

• (2) Paragraph (1) is subject to Part 7 (Exceptions and licences).

Technical assistance relating to relevant processed diamonds

46Z16S

• (1) A person must not on or after the relevant day directly or indirectly provide technical assistance relating to the import of relevant processed diamonds.

• (2) Paragraph (1) is subject to Part 7 (Exceptions and licences).

• (3) A person who contravenes a prohibition in paragraph (1) commits an offence, but it is a defence for a person charged with an offence of contravening paragraph (1) to show that the person did not know and had no reasonable cause to suspect that the technical assistance related to an import described in that paragraph.

Financial services and funds relating to relevant processed diamonds

46Z16T

• (1) A person must not on or after the relevant day directly or indirectly provide financial services or funds in pursuance of or in connection with an arrangement whose object or effect is the import of relevant processed diamonds.

• (2) Paragraph (1) is subject to Part 7 (Exceptions and licences).

• (3) A person who contravenes a prohibition in paragraph (1) commits an offence, but it is a defence for a person charged with the offence of contravening paragraph (1) to show that the person did not know and had no reasonable cause to suspect that the financial services or funds (as the case may be) were provided in pursuance of or in connection with an arrangement mentioned in that paragraph.

Brokering services relating to relevant processed diamonds

46Z16U

• (1) A person must not on or after the relevant day directly or indirectly provide brokering services in relation to any arrangements described in regulation 46Z16T(1).

• (2) Paragraph (1) is subject to Part 7 (Exceptions and licences).

• (3) A person who contravenes a prohibition in paragraph (1) commits an offence, but it is a defence for a person charged with the offence of contravening paragraph (1) to show that the person did not know and had no reasonable cause to suspect that the brokering services were provided in relation to an arrangement mentioned in that paragraph.

PART 3A — Director disqualification sanctions

Director disqualification sanctions

19B

A person who is designated under regulation 5 (power to designate persons) for the purposes of this regulation is a person subject to director disqualification sanctions for the purposes of—

• (a) section 11A of the Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986, and

• (b) Article 15A of the Company Directors Disqualification (Northern Ireland) Order 2002.

Director disqualification licences

64A

The Secretary of State may issue a licence in relation to any person who is designated under regulation 5 for the purposes of regulation 19B (director disqualification sanctions) providing that the prohibitions in—

• (a) section 11A(1) of the Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986, and

• (b) Article 15A(1) of the Company Directors Disqualification (Northern Ireland) Order 2002,

do not apply to anything done under the authority of that licence.

Trade licences

Aircraft licences

Licences: general provisions

Finance: licensing offences

Director disqualification: licensing offences

67A

• (1) A person (“P”) commits an offence if P knowingly or recklessly—

• (a) provides information that is false in a material respect, or

• (b) provides or produces a document that is not what it purports to be,

for the purpose of obtaining a director disqualification licence (whether for P or anyone else).

• (2) A person who purports to act under the authority of a director disqualification licence but who fails to comply with any condition of the licence commits an offence.

• (3) A licence in respect of which an offence under paragraph (1) has been committed is to be treated as void from the time at which it was issued.

Trade: licensing offences

Aircraft: licensing offences

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

Trade: exceptions relating to legal advisory services

Asset-freeze etc.: exception from prohibitions for required payments

58A

• (1) This regulation applies to required payments within the meaning of paragraph (2).

• (2) A required payment is a payment which—

• (a) a designated person is required to make under or by virtue of any enactment to—

• (i) the registrar of companies,

• (ii) the Commissioners,

• (iii) the Welsh Revenue Authority,

• (iv) Revenue Scotland,

• (v) the Financial Conduct Authority,

• (vi) the Secretary of State,

• (vii) the Welsh Ministers,

• (viii) the Department of Finance in Northern Ireland, or

• (ix) a local authority, and

• (b) is not an excluded payment.

• (3) The prohibitions in regulations 11 (asset-freeze in relation to designated persons) and 13 (making funds available for benefit of designated person) are not contravened by a person making a required payment.

• (4) Where a required payment is made by a person other than a designated person, the prohibition in regulation 11 is not contravened by the designated person making a reimbursement payment to that person.

• (5) The reference in paragraph (3) to a person making a required payment includes a designated person, but only where they are making a required payment on their own behalf.

• (6) The following payments are to be treated as payments which a designated person is required to make under or by virtue of an enactment for the purposes of this regulation, where made by a designated person on their own behalf or by a person, other than a designated person, on behalf of a designated person—

• (a) a payment to the Financial Conduct Authority of a levy imposed by the scheme manager of the Financial Services Compensation Scheme by virtue of section 213 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (the compensation scheme);

• (b) a payment to the Financial Conduct Authority which is collected by that Authority on behalf of the Financial Reporting Council Limited.

• (7) For the purposes of this regulation, references to a designated person are to be read as including a person who is owned or controlled directly or indirectly (within the meaning of regulation 7) by the designated person.

• (8) In this regulation—

• “BID levy” means a levy that is imposed on those persons who are, in respect of particular business improvement district proposals, entitled to vote in accordance with section 39(3) of the Planning etc. (Scotland) Act 2006;

• “business improvement district” has the meaning given in section 33 of the Planning etc. (Scotland) Act 2006;

• “designated person” has the same meaning as it has in Chapter 1 of Part 3 (Finance);

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

• “excluded payment” means, in relation to—the registrar of companies, a payment of fees for—the incorporation of a firm;the restoration of a firm to a register which is administered by the registrar;the Financial Conduct Authority, a payment of fees for—an application for permission from, authorisation by, registration with or recognition from the Financial Conduct Authority which relates to the carrying on of any activity falling within any function of the Financial Conduct Authority;an application for a variation of such permission, authorisation, registration or recognition;an application for listing or for eligibility for listing;an application for review or approval of a document relating to listing;an application for approval as a sponsor or primary information provider;an application for review or approval of— a document under rules made by the Financial Conduct Authority by virtue of Part 3 of the Public Offers and Admissions to Trading Regulations 2024; listing particulars under section 79 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 or supplementary listing particulars under section 81 of that Act;the Secretary of State or the Welsh Ministers, a payment that a designated person is required to make under or by virtue of an enactment other than a payment under or by virtue of Part 3 of the Local Government Finance Act 1988;the Department of Finance in Northern Ireland, a payment that a designated person is required to make under or by virtue of an enactment other than a payment under or by virtue of Part 2 of the Rates (Northern Ireland) Order 1977;a local authority, a payment that a designated person is required to make under or by virtue of an enactment other than a payment under or by virtue of—Part 1 of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1975;Part 3 of the Local Government Finance Act 1988;Parts 1 and 2 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992;Part 4 of the Local Government Act 2003;Part 9 of the Planning etc. (Scotland) Act 2006;the Business Rate Supplements Act 2009;the Business Improvement Districts Act (Northern Ireland) 2013;

• “firm” has the meaning given in section 1173(1) of the Companies Act 2006;

• “listing” means being included in the official list maintained by the Financial Conduct Authority in accordance with Part 6 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000;

• “local authority” means—in relation to England—a district council;a county council for any area for which there is no district council;a London borough council;the Common Council of the City of London in its capacity as a local authority;the Council of the Isles of Scilly;in relation to Wales, a county council or a county borough council;in relation to Scotland, a council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 or a person appointed by such a council for the purposes of the administration, collection and recovery of a BID levy;in relation to Northern Ireland, a district council;

• “primary information provider” has the meaning given in section 89P(2) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000;

• ...

• ...

• “registrar of companies” has the meaning given in section 1060 of the Companies Act 2006 (the registrar);

• “reimbursement payment” means a repayment from the designated person to the person who made a required payment which is of the same amount as that required payment;

• “scheme manager” has the meaning given in section 212 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000;

• “sponsor” has the meaning given in section 88(2) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000.

Exceptions relating to loans and credit arrangements

Exceptions relating to processing payments

Exceptions relating to investments in relation to Russia

Exceptions relating to trust services

Trade: exceptions relating to non-government controlled areas of the Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts

Trade: exceptions in relation to personal effects etc.

Trade: exceptions in relation to consumer communication devices and software updates

Trade: exceptions in relation to aircraft and vessels

Trade: exception relating to the safety of aircraft and ships

Trade: exceptions relating to professional and business services

Trade: exceptions relating to legal advisory services

Trade: exceptions in relation to maritime goods and maritime technology

Trade: exceptions in relation to banknotes

Trade: exception in relation to certain ... goods consigned from Russia

Trade: exception in respect of iron and steel products, relevant processed iron or steel products and metals exported from Russia before the relevant day

Trade: exception relating to ancillary services relating to acquisition when iron and steel products are in third countries

Trade: exception in respect of the acquisition of Schedule 3DA revenue generating goods

Trade: exception in relation to oil and oil products

Trade: exception in relation to maritime transportation of certain oil and oil products

Trade: exceptions in relation to Energy-related Goods

Trade: exception for emergencies in certain cases

Trade: exception for humanitarian assistance activity in non-government controlled areas of the Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia oblasts

Ships: exceptions from prohibition on port entry

Aircraft: exceptions from prohibitions

Exception relating to trade restrictions in relation to non-government controlled Ukrainian territory

Exception for authorised conduct in a relevant country

Exception for acts done for purposes of national security or prevention of serious crime

Treasury licences

Director disqualification licences

Trade licences

Aircraft licences

Licences: general provisions

Finance: licensing offences

Director disqualification: licensing offences

Trade: licensing offences

Aircraft: licensing offences

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

Finance: reporting obligations for required payments

70ZA

• (1) A designated person must inform the Treasury without delay if they make a required payment.

• (2) A person who makes a required payment on behalf of a designated person must inform the Treasury without delay that they have made the required payment.

• (3) A person must inform the Treasury without delay if they receive a reimbursement payment.

• (4) For the purposes of this regulation, references to a designated person are to be read as including a person who is owned or controlled directly or indirectly (within the meaning of regulation 7) by the designated person.

• (5) In this regulation—

• “designated person” has the meaning given in regulation 58A(8) (finance: exception from prohibitions for required payments);

• “reimbursement payment” has the meaning given in regulation 58A(8);

• “required payment” has the meaning given in regulation 58A(2).

Designated persons: reporting obligations

“Relevant firm”

Finance: powers to request information

Finance: production of documents

Finance: information offences

Trade: application of information powers in CEMA

General trade licences: records

General trade licences: inspection of records

Internet services: power to request information and produce documents

Internet services: information offences

Disclosure of information

Finance: disclosure to the Treasury

Part 8: supplementary

Judicial decisions etc.

Part 1ZB — Insolvency

Insolvency

9DD

• (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, or to a person who is owned or controlled directly or indirectly (within the meaning of regulation 7) by the designated person, are credited to a frozen account.

• (2) In this paragraph—

• “designated person” has the same meaning as it has in Chapter 1 of Part 3 (Finance);

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

• “frozen account” has the meaning given in regulation 58(7);

• “insolvency and restructuring proceedings” includes—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—proceedings under Chapter 3 of Part 4 (members’ voluntary winding up) of the Insolvency Act 1986, andproceedings under Chapter 3 of Part 5 (members’ voluntary winding up) of the Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 1989;arrangements and reconstructions under Part 26 of the Companies Act 2006;arrangements and reconstructions for companies in financial difficulty under Part 26A of the Companies Act 2006;the proceedings and arrangements set out in the Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 2016;

• “insolvent person” means a person (“P”), other than an individual, where—P is unable to pay its debts as they fall due, orthe 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—the regimes and proceedings set out in—sections 367 and 377A to 377J of, or Schedule 19C to, the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000;the Insurers (Reorganisation and Winding Up) (Lloyd’s) Regulations 2005;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);the Investment Bank Special Administration Regulations 2011;Part 6 of the Financial Services (Banking Reform) Act 2013;the Payment and Electronic Money Institution Insolvency Regulations 2021;Schedule 11 to the Financial Services and Markets Act 2023;proceedings under any other special administration regime;

• “special administration regime” means provision made by an enactment for an insolvency procedure that—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, andprovides for the administrator to have one or more special objectives instead of or in addition to the objectives of ordinary administration.

Conditions for the designation of persons by name

5A

• (1) The Secretary of State may choose whether to designate a person under regulation 5(1) (power to designate persons by name) under—

• (a) the standard procedure, or

• (b) the urgent procedure.

• (2) Paragraph (3) applies where the Secretary of State chooses to designate a person under regulation 5(1) under the standard procedure.

• (3) The Secretary of State may not designate a person except where condition A is met.

• (4) Condition A is that the Secretary of State has reasonable grounds to suspect that that person is an involved person.

• (5) Paragraphs (6) to (8) apply where the Secretary of State chooses to designate a person under regulation 5(1) under the urgent procedure.

• (6) The Secretary of State may designate a person where condition A is not met, but conditions B and C are met.

• (7) The person ceases to be a designated person at the end of the period of 56 days beginning with the day following the day on which the person became a designated person unless, within that period, the Secretary of State certifies that—

• (a) condition A is met, or

• (b) conditions B and C continue to be met.

• (8) Where the Secretary of State makes a certification under paragraph (7)(b), the designation ceases to have effect at the end of the period of 56 days beginning with the day immediately following the period mentioned in paragraph (7), unless within that period the Secretary of State certifies that condition A is met.

• (9) Condition B is that relevant provision (whenever made) applies to, or in relation to, the person under the law of—

• (a) the United States of America;

• (b) the European Union;

• (c) Australia;

• (d) Canada.

• (10) Condition C is that the Secretary of State considers that it is in the public interest to make designations under the urgent procedure.

• (11) For the purposes of condition B, “relevant provision” is provision that the Secretary of State considers—

• (a) corresponds, or is similar, to the type of sanction or sanctions in these Regulations, or

• (b) is made for purposes corresponding, or similar, to any purpose of any type of sanction or sanctions in these Regulations.

• (12) In this regulation, “involved person” has the meaning given in regulation 6 (designation criteria: meaning of “involved person”).

Designation criteria: meaning of “involved person”

Conditions for the designation of persons by description

Meaning of “owned or controlled directly or indirectly”

Notification and publicity where power to designate by name is used

Confidential information in certain cases where designation power used

Notification and publicity where power to designate by description is used

Confidential information in certain cases where power to designate by description is used

Making energy-related goods and energy-related technology available

Transfer of energy-related technology

42A

• (1) A person must not transfer energy-related technology—

• (a) to a person connected with Russia;

• (b) to a place in Russia.

• (2) Paragraph (1) is subject to Part 7 (Exceptions and licences).

• (3) A person who contravenes a prohibition in paragraph (1) commits an offence, but—

• (a) it is a defence for a person charged with the offence of contravening paragraph (1)(a) to show that the person did not know and had no reasonable cause to suspect that the person was connected with Russia;

• (b) it is a defence for a person charged with the offence of contravening paragraph (1)(b) (“P”) to show that P did not know and had no reasonable cause to suspect that the transfer was to a place in Russia.

Technical assistance relating to energy-related goods and energy-related technology

Financial services and funds relating to energy-related goods and energy-related technology ...

Brokering services: non-UK activity relating to energy-related goods and energy-related technology ...

Prohibition on providing other energy-related services

G7 dependency and further goods and G7 dependency and further technology

Transfer of G7 dependency and further technology

46YA

• (1) A person must not transfer G7 dependency and further technology—

• (a) to a person connected with Russia;

• (b) to a place in Russia.

• (2) Paragraph (1) is subject to Part 7 (Exceptions and licences).

• (3) A person who contravenes a prohibition in paragraph (1) commits an offence, but—

• (a) it is a defence for a person charged with the offence of contravening paragraph (1)(a) to show that the person did not know and had no reasonable cause to suspect that the person was connected with Russia;

• (b) it is a defence for a person charged with the offence of contravening paragraph (1)(b) (“P”) to show that P did not know and had no reasonable cause to suspect that the transfer was to a place in Russia.

Technical assistance relating to G7 dependency and further goods and G7 dependency and further technology

Financial services and funds relating to G7 dependency and further goods and G7 dependency and further technology

Brokering services relating to G7 dependency and further goods and G7 dependency and further technology

Chapter 4JD — Certain synthetic diamonds processed in a third country

Interpretation

46Z16V

• (1) In this Chapter—

• “relevant processed synthetic diamonds” means synthetic diamonds which—are equal to, or larger than, 0.5 carats;were manufactured in Russia; andhave been processed in a third country;

• “synthetic diamonds” means any thing falling within the following commodity codes—7104 21 (synthetic or reconstructed diamonds, unworked or simply sawn or roughly shaped); or7104 91 (synthetic or reconstructed diamonds, other than unworked or simply sawn or roughly shaped);

• “third country” means a country that is not the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man or Russia.

• (2) Paragraph 1 of Schedule 3 applies for the purposes of interpreting the definition of synthetic diamonds in paragraph (1).

• (3) For the purposes of this Chapter, synthetic diamonds are processed where they are—

• (a) altered;

• (b) transformed in any way; or

• (c) subjected to any other type of operation or process.

Import of relevant processed synthetic diamonds

46Z16W

• (1) The import of relevant processed synthetic diamonds is prohibited.

• (2) Paragraph (1) is subject to Part 7 (Exceptions and licences).

Technical assistance relating to relevant processed synthetic diamonds

46Z16X

• (1) A person must not directly or indirectly provide technical assistance relating to the import of relevant processed synthetic diamonds.

• (2) Paragraph (1) is subject to Part 7 (Exceptions and licences).

• (3) A person who contravenes a prohibition in paragraph (1) commits an offence, but it is a defence for a person charged with an offence of contravening paragraph (1) to show that the person did not know and had no reasonable cause to suspect that the technical assistance related to an import described in that paragraph.

Financial services and funds relating to relevant processed synthetic diamonds

46Z16Y

• (1) A person must not directly or indirectly provide financial services or funds in pursuance of or in connection with an arrangement whose object or effect is the import of relevant processed synthetic diamonds.

• (2) Paragraph (1) is subject to Part 7 (Exceptions and licences).

• (3) A person who contravenes a prohibition in paragraph (1) commits an offence, but it is a defence for a person charged with the offence of contravening paragraph (1) to show that the person did not know and had no reasonable cause to suspect that the financial services or funds (as the case may be) were provided in pursuance of or in connection with an arrangement mentioned in that paragraph.

Brokering services relating to relevant processed synthetic diamonds

46Z16Z

• (1) A person must not directly or indirectly provide brokering services in relation to any arrangement described in regulation 46Z16Y(1).

• (2) Paragraph (1) is subject to Part 7 (Exceptions and licences).

• (3) A person who contravenes a prohibition in paragraph (1) commits an offence, but it is a defence for a person charged with the offence of contravening paragraph (1) to show that the person did not know and had no reasonable cause to suspect that the brokering services were provided in relation to an arrangement mentioned in that paragraph.

Russia’s vulnerable goods and Russia’s vulnerable technology

Transfer of Russia’s vulnerable technology

46Z30A

• (1) A person must not transfer Russia’s vulnerable technology—

• (a) to a person connected with Russia;

• (b) to a place in Russia.

• (2) Paragraph (1) is subject to Part 7 (Exceptions and licences).

• (3) A person who contravenes a prohibition in paragraph (1) commits an offence, but—

• (a) it is a defence for a person charged with the offence of contravening paragraph (1)(a) to show that the person did not know and had no reasonable cause to suspect that the transfer was to a person connected with Russia;

• (b) it is a defence for a person charged with the offence of contravening paragraph (1)(b) (“P”) to show that P did not know and had no reasonable cause to suspect that the transfer was to a place in Russia.

Technical assistance relating to Russia’s vulnerable goods and Russia’s vulnerable technology

Financial services and funds relating to Russia’s vulnerable goods and Russia’s vulnerable technology

Brokering services relating to Russia’s vulnerable goods and Russia’s vulnerable technology

Chapter 4N — Sectoral software and technology

Making sectoral software and technology available

46Z34

• (1) A person must not directly or indirectly make sectoral software and technology available—

• (a) to a person connected with Russia;

• (b) for use in Russia.

• (2) Paragraph (1) is subject to Part 7 (Exceptions and licences).

• (3) A person who contravenes a prohibition in paragraph (1) commits an offence, but—

• (a) it is a defence for a person charged with an offence of contravening paragraph (1)(a) (“P”) to show that P did not know and had no reasonable cause to suspect that the person was connected with Russia;

• (b) it is a defence for a person charged with the offence of contravening paragraph (1)(b) to show that the person did not know and had no reasonable cause to suspect that the software or technology were for use in Russia.

Transfer of sectoral software and technology

46Z35

• (1) A person must not transfer sectoral software and technology—

• (a) to a person connected with Russia;

• (b) to a place in Russia.

• (2) Paragraph (1) is subject to Part 7 (Exceptions and licences).

• (3) A person who contravenes a prohibition in paragraph (1) commits an offence, but—

• (a) it is a defence for a person charged with the offence of contravening paragraph (1)(a) (“P”) to show that P did not know and had no reasonable cause to suspect that the person was connected with Russia;

• (b) it is a defence for a person charged with the offence of contravening paragraph (1)(b) to show that the person did not know and had no reasonable cause to suspect that the transfer was to a place in Russia.

Technical assistance relating to sectoral software and technology

46Z36

• (1) A person must not directly or indirectly provide technical assistance relating to sectoral software and technology—

• (a) to a person connected with Russia; or

• (b) for use in Russia.

• (2) Paragraph (1) is subject to Part 7 (Exceptions and licences).

• (3) A person who contravenes a prohibition in paragraph (1) commits an offence, but—

• (a) it is a defence for a person charged with an offence of contravening paragraph (1)(a) (“P”) to show that P did not know and had no reasonable cause to suspect that the person was connected with Russia;

• (b) it is a defence for a person charged with an offence of contravening paragraph (1)(b) to show that the person did not know and had no reasonable cause to suspect that the software or technology were for use in Russia.

Financial services and funds relating to sectoral software and technology

46Z37

• (1) A person must not directly or indirectly provide, to a person connected with Russia, financial services in pursuance of or in connection with an arrangement whose object or effect is—

• (a) directly or indirectly making sectoral software and technology available to a person;

• (b) the transfer of sectoral software and technology; or

• (c) the direct or indirect provision of technical assistance relating to sectoral software and technology.

• (2) A person must not directly or indirectly make funds available to a person connected with Russia in pursuance of or in connection with an arrangement mentioned in paragraph (1).

• (3) A person must not directly or indirectly provide financial services or funds in pursuance of or in connection with an arrangement whose object or effect is—

• (a) directly or indirectly making sectoral software and technology available—

• (i) to a person connected with Russia, or

• (ii) for use in Russia;

• (b) the transfer of sectoral software and technology—

• (i) to a person connected with Russia, or

• (ii) to a place in Russia; or

• (c) the direct or indirect provision of technical assistance relating to sectoral software and technology—

• (i) to a person connected with Russia, or

• (ii) for use in Russia.

• (4) Paragraphs (1) to (3) are subject to Part 7 (Exceptions and licences).

• (5) A person who contravenes a prohibition in any of paragraphs (1) to (3) commits an offence, but—

• (a) it is a defence for a person charged with an offence of contravening paragraph (1) or (2) (“P”) to show that P did not know and had no reasonable cause to suspect that the person was connected with Russia;

• (b) it is a defence for a person charged with the offence of contravening paragraph (3) to show that the person did not know and had no reasonable cause to suspect that the financial services or funds (as the case may be) were provided in pursuance of or in connection with an arrangement mentioned in that paragraph.

Brokering services: non-UK activity relating to sectoral software and technology

46Z38

• (1) A person must not directly or indirectly provide brokering services in relation to an arrangement (“arrangement A”) whose object or effect is—

• (a) directly or indirectly making sectoral software and technology available in a third country for transfer—

• (i) to a person connected with Russia, or

• (ii) to a place in Russia;

• (b) the transfer of sectoral software and technology from a place in a third country—

• (i) to a person connected with Russia, or

• (ii) to a place in Russia;

• (c) the direct or indirect provision, in a non-UK country, of technical assistance relating to sectoral software and technology—

• (i) to a person connected with Russia, or

• (ii) for use in Russia;

• (d) the direct or indirect provision, in a non-UK country, of financial services—

• (i) to a person connected with Russia, where arrangement A, or any other arrangement in connection with which arrangement A is entered into, is an arrangement mentioned in regulation 46Z37(1), or

• (ii) where arrangement A, or any other arrangement in connection with which arrangement A is entered into, is an arrangement mentioned in regulation 46Z37(3);

• (e) directly or indirectly making funds available, in a non-UK country, to a person connected with Russia, where arrangement A, or any other arrangement in connection with which arrangement A is entered into, is an arrangement mentioned in regulation 46Z37(1); or