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The Lebanon (Sanctions) (Assassination of Rafiq Hariri and others) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020

Type Statutory-Instrument
Publication 2020-06-18
Last updated 2025-05-14
State In force
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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.

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OJ No. L 51, 22.2.2006, p.1.

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Paragraph 3(a) of resolution 1636 provides that the Committee established by paragraph 3(b) of that resolution must agree the designation of individuals either by the international independent investigation Commission, which was established by paragraph 1 of resolution 1595 (2005) adopted by the Security Council on 7 April 2005, or by the Government of Lebanon, in order for them to be subject to the sanctions measures contained in the resolution.

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“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 unincorporate) any organisation and any association or combination of persons.

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Section 13 of the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018 requires that where the purposes of a provision of regulations under section 1 include compliance with a UN obligation to take particular measures in relation to UN-named persons (which is the case with the regulations mentioned in regulation 5), the regulations must provide for those persons to be designated persons for the purposes of that provision.

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

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Part 4A was inserted by the Financial Services Act 2012 (c.21), section 11(2) and amended by S.I. 2018/135.

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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.

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S.I. 2001/544, as most recently amended by S.I. 2019/679; S.I. 2020/117; and S.I. 2020/480; and prospectively amended by S.I. 2019/710.

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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; the Financial Guidance and Claims Act 2018, section 27(13); S.I. 2013/1881; S.I. 2018/135; and it is prospectively amended by S.I. 2019/632.

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Section 1210 was amended by S.I. 2005/1433; S.I. 2008/565; 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; and it is prospectively amended by S.I. 2019/177.

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Section 1(8) of the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018 defines an “international obligation” as an obligation of the United Kingdom created or arising by or under any international agreement.

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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. Saving provisions are made by S.I. 2017/859.

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2018 c.12. There are amendments to this Act that are not relevant to these Regulations.

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1925 c.86. Amendments have been made to section 33 that are not relevant to these Regulations.

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1980 c.43. Amendments have been made to Schedule 3 that are not relevant to these Regulations.

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2005 c.15. Chapter 1 of Part 2 has been amended by the Terrorism Act 2006 (c.11), section 33(3) and (4); 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 15 and Schedule 8, paragraphs 157 and 159; the Criminal Finances Act 2017 (c.22), section 51(1); the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018, section 59(4) and Schedule 3, paragraph 4; and S.I. 2014/834.

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S.I. 2017/478, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.

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Reg. 1 in force at 14.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1514, reg. 11(1)

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Reg. 2 in force at 14.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1514, reg. 11(1)

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Reg. 4 in force at 14.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1514, reg. 11(1)

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Reg. 5 in force at 14.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1514, reg. 11(1)

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Regulations extended (British overseas territories) (with modifications) (31.12.2020 immediately after S.I. 2020/950 has come into force) by The Lebanon (Sanctions) (Assassination of Rafiq Hariri and others) (Overseas Territories) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/1282), art. 2, Sch. 1, Sch. 2 (as amended (11.12.2025) by S.I. 2025/1307, Sch. 21); S.I. 2020/1514, reg. 17

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Sch. 1 para. 1 in force at 31.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1514, reg. 11(2)

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Sch. 1 para. 2 in force at 31.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1514, reg. 11(2)

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Sch. 1 para. 3 in force at 31.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1514, reg. 11(2)

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Sch. 1 para. 4 in force at 31.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1514, reg. 11(2)

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Sch. 1 para. 5 in force at 31.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1514, reg. 11(2)

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Sch. 1 para. 6 in force at 31.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1514, reg. 11(2)

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Sch. 1 para. 7 in force at 31.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1514, reg. 11(2)

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Sch. 1 para. 8 in force at 31.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1514, reg. 11(2)

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Sch. 1 para. 9 in force at 31.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1514, reg. 11(2)

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Sch. 1 para. 10 in force at 31.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1514, reg. 11(2)

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Sch. 1 para. 11 in force at 31.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1514, reg. 11(2)

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Sch. 1 para. 12 in force at 31.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1514, reg. 11(2)

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Sch. 1 para. 13 in force at 31.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1514, reg. 11(2)

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Sch. 1 para. 14 in force at 31.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1514, reg. 11(2)

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Sch. 2 para. 1 in force at 31.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1514, reg. 11(2)

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Sch. 2 para. 2 in force at 31.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1514, reg. 11(2)

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Sch. 2 para. 3 in force at 31.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1514, reg. 11(2)

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Sch. 2 para. 4 in force at 31.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1514, reg. 11(2)

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Reg. 28 in force at 31.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1514, reg. 11(2)

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Reg. 29 in force at 31.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1514, reg. 11(2)

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Reg. 30 in force at 31.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1514, reg. 11(2)

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Reg. 32 in force at 31.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1514, reg. 11(2)

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Reg. 33 in force at 31.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1514, reg. 11(2)

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Reg. 25 in force at 31.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1514, reg. 11(2)

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Reg. 3 in force at 31.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1514, reg. 11(2)

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Reg. 6 in force at 31.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1514, reg. 11(2)

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Reg. 7 in force at 31.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1514, reg. 11(2)

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Reg. 8 in force at 31.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1514, reg. 11(2)

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Reg. 9 in force at 31.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1514, reg. 11(2)

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Reg. 10 in force at 31.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1514, reg. 11(2)

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Reg. 11 in force at 31.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1514, reg. 11(2)

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Reg. 12 in force at 31.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1514, reg. 11(2)

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Reg. 13 in force at 31.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1514, reg. 11(2)

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Reg. 14 in force at 31.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1514, reg. 11(2)

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Reg. 15 in force at 31.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1514, reg. 11(2)

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Reg. 16 in force at 31.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1514, reg. 11(2)

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Reg. 17 in force at 31.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1514, reg. 11(2)

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Reg. 18 in force at 31.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1514, reg. 11(2)

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Reg. 19 in force at 31.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1514, reg. 11(2)

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Reg. 20 in force at 31.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1514, reg. 11(2)

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Reg. 21 in force at 31.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1514, reg. 11(2)

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Reg. 22 in force at 31.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1514, reg. 11(2)

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Reg. 23 in force at 31.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1514, reg. 11(2)

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Reg. 24 in force at 31.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1514, reg. 11(2)

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Reg. 26 in force at 31.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1514, reg. 11(2)

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Reg. 27 in force at 31.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1514, reg. 11(2)

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Reg. 31 in force at 31.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1514, reg. 11(2)

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Reg. 34 in force at 31.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1514, reg. 11(2)

Finance: exception for authorised conduct in a relevant country

14A

  • (1) Where a person's conduct in a relevant country would, in the absence of this regulation, contravene a prohibition in any of regulations 8 to 12 (asset-freeze etc.) (“the relevant prohibition”), the relevant prohibition is not contravened if the conduct is authorised by a licence or other authorisation which is issued—
  • (a) under the law of the relevant country, and
  • (b) for the purpose of disapplying a prohibition in that jurisdiction which corresponds to the relevant prohibition.
  • (2) In this regulation—
  • (3) Nothing in this regulation affects the application of a prohibition in a case where it would be incompatible with a UN obligation for the prohibition or requirement not to apply.

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

Treasury licences

Finance: licensing offences

Finance: disclosure to the Treasury

23A

  • (1) A relevant public authority may disclose information to the Treasury if the disclosure is made for the purpose of enabling or assisting the Treasury to discharge any of its functions in connection with any sanctions regulations contained in these Regulations.
  • (2) In this regulation—
  • “relevant public authority” means—any person holding or acting in any office under or in the service of—the Crown in right of the Government of the United Kingdom,the Crown in right of the Scottish Government, the Northern Ireland Executive or the Welsh Government,any local authority,any police officer,the Financial Conduct Authority, the Prudential Regulation Authority, the Bank of England or any other regulatory body in the United Kingdom, orany other person exercising functions of a public nature;
  • “local authority” means—in relation to England—a county council,a 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, oran eligible parish council within the meaning of section 1(2) of the Local Government Act 2000,in relation to Wales, a county council, a county borough council or a community council,in relation to Scotland, a council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994, orin relation to Northern Ireland, a district council.

Part 5: supplementary

Finance: humanitarian exception

14ZA

  • (1) The prohibitions in regulations 8 to 12 (asset-freeze etc.) are not contravened by a person (“P”) carrying out a relevant activity which is necessary—
  • (a) to ensure the timely delivery of humanitarian assistance, or
  • (b) to support other activities that support basic human needs,

where Conditions A and B are met.

  • (2) Condition A is that the humanitarian assistance or other activities mentioned in paragraph (1) are carried out by—
  • (a) the United Nations, including its—
  • (i) programmes and funds,
  • (ii) other entities and bodies, and
  • (iii) specialised agencies and related organisations,
  • (b) international organisations,
  • (c) humanitarian organisations having observer status with the United Nations General Assembly and members of those humanitarian organisations,
  • (d) bilaterally or multilaterally funded non-governmental organisations participating in the United Nations Humanitarian Response Plans, Refugee Response Plans, other United Nations appeals, or humanitarian clusters coordinated by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs,
  • (e) any grantee, subsidiary, or implementing partner of any organisation falling within sub-paragraphs (a) to (d) while and to the extent that they are acting in those capacities,
  • (f) any other persons authorised by the Committee for the purposes of resolution 2664.
  • (3) Condition B is that P believes that carrying out the relevant activity is so necessary and there is no reasonable cause for P to suspect otherwise.
  • (4) For the purposes of this regulation—
  • “relevant activity” means any activity which would, in the absence of this regulation, contravene the prohibitions in regulations 8 to 12;
  • “resolution 2664” means resolution 2664 (2022) adopted by the Security Council on 9th December 2022.

Finance: exception for authorised conduct in a relevant country

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

Treasury licences

Finance: licensing offences

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