The Iraq (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020

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Publication 2020-07-07
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Section 145 of CEMA was amended by the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984, section 114(1); the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Act 2005 (c.11), Schedule 4, paragraph 23(a); and S.I. 2014/834. Section 147 was amended by the Magistrates Courts Act 1980 (c.43), section 154 and Schedule 7, paragraph 176; the Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c.48), section 77, Schedule 14, paragraph 42; the Finance Act 1989 (c.26), section 16(2); and the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c.44), section 41, Schedule 3, paragraph 50. Section 152 was amended by the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Act 2005, section 50, Schedule 4, paragraph 26, and section 52, Schedule 5. Section 155 was amended by the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Act 2005, section 50, Schedule 4, paragraph 27, and section 52, Schedule 5.

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The words “7 years” were inserted into section 50(4)(b) of CEMA by the Finance Act 1988, section 12.

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The words “7 years” were inserted in section 68(3)(b) of CEMA by the Finance Act 1988, section 12.

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The words “7 years” were inserted in section 170(3)(b) of CEMA by the Finance Act 1988, section 12.

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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, paragraph 157 and 159; the Criminal Finances Act 2017 (c.22), section 51(1); the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act, section 59(4) and Schedule 3, paragraph 4; S.I. 2006/1629 and S.I. 2014/834.

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See section 143(4)(f) and (4A), as inserted by the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018, Schedule 3, paragraph 8(1) and (3).

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2012 asp.8.

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1847 c.27. Section 79 was amended by S.I. 2006/2167.

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1964 c.40. Section 16 was amended by section 29(2) of the Wales Act 2017 (c.4); S.I. 1970/1681; and S.I. 1999/672. Other amendments have been made to section 16 that are not relevant to these Regulations.

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2009 c.11. Designated customs officials are designated, as either a general customs official or a customs revenue official, under sections 3 and 11 of this Act respectively.

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Command 8941.

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Articles 37 and 38 are prospectively amended by S.I. 2019/137. Article 37 has been amended by S.I. 2012/1910. Article 38 has also been amended by S.I. 2017/85.

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As prospectively amended by S.I. 2019/380.

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

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Regulation 19 of the 2012 Regulations treated licences granted under article 5 of the 2000 Order as if they had been granted under regulation 9 of the 2012 Regulations.

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S.I. 2000/3241, revoked by S.I. 2012/1489 but with a savings provision in regulation 19 in respect of licences granted under the 2000 Order.

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Reg. 1 not in force at made date, see reg. 1(2)

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Reg. 8 not in force at made date, see reg. 1(2)

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Reg. 10 not in force at made date, see reg. 1(2)

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Reg. 11 not in force at made date, see reg. 1(2)

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Reg. 13 not in force at made date, see reg. 1(2)

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Sch. 1 para. 1 not in force at made date, see reg. 1(2)

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Sch. 1 para. 2 not in force at made date, see reg. 1(2)

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Sch. 1 para. 3 not in force at made date, see reg. 1(2)

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Sch. 1 para. 4 not in force at made date, see reg. 1(2)

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Sch. 1 para. 5 not in force at made date, see reg. 1(2)

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Sch. 1 para. 6 not in force at made date, see reg. 1(2)

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Sch. 1 para. 7 not in force at made date, see reg. 1(2)

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Sch. 1 para. 8 not in force at made date, see reg. 1(2)

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Sch. 1 para. 9 not in force at made date, see reg. 1(2)

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Sch. 1 para. 10 not in force at made date, see reg. 1(2)

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Sch. 1 para. 11 not in force at made date, see reg. 1(2)

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Sch. 1 para. 12 not in force at made date, see reg. 1(2)

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Sch. 1 para. 13 not in force at made date, see reg. 1(2)

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Sch. 1 para. 14 not in force at made date, see reg. 1(2)

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Sch. 2 para. 1 not in force at made date, see reg. 1(2)

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Sch. 2 para. 2 not in force at made date, see reg. 1(2)

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Sch. 2 para. 3 not in force at made date, see reg. 1(2)

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Sch. 2 para. 4 not in force at made date, see reg. 1(2)

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Sch. 2 para. 5 not in force at made date, see reg. 1(2)

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Sch. 2 para. 6 not in force at made date, see reg. 1(2)

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Reg. 1 in force at 14.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1514, reg. 14(1)

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Reg. 2 in force at 14.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1514, reg. 14(1)

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Reg. 4 in force at 14.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1514, reg. 14(1)

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Reg. 5 in force at 14.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1514, reg. 14(1)

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Regulations extended (with modifications) to specified British overseas territories (31.12.2020) by The Iraq (Sanctions) (Overseas Territories) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/1260), art. 2, Sch. 1, Sch. 2 (as amended (11.12.2025) by S.I. 2025/1307, art. 1(1), Sch. 25)

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

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

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Sch. 1 para. 3 in force at 31.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1514, reg. 14(2)

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Sch. 1 para. 4 in force at 31.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1514, reg. 14(2)

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Sch. 1 para. 5 in force at 31.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1514, reg. 14(2)

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Sch. 1 para. 6 in force at 31.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1514, reg. 14(2)

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Sch. 1 para. 7 in force at 31.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1514, reg. 14(2)

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Sch. 1 para. 9 in force at 31.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1514, reg. 14(2)

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Sch. 1 para. 10 in force at 31.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1514, reg. 14(2)

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

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Sch. 1 para. 12 in force at 31.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1514, reg. 14(2)

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Sch. 1 para. 13 in force at 31.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1514, reg. 14(2)

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

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

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

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Sch. 2 para. 4 in force at 31.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1514, reg. 14(2)

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Reg. 45 in force at 31.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1514, reg. 14(2)

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Finance: disclosure to the Treasury

48A
  • (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 6: supplementary

Finance: humanitarian exception

30A
  • (1) The prohibitions in regulations 8 to 13 (partial asset-freeze and 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 13;
  • “resolution 2664” means resolution 2664 (2022) adopted by the Security Council on 9th December 2022.

Finance: exceptions for return of frozen funds to Iraq

Trade: exception for the return of Iraqi cultural property

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

Licences: general provisions

Finance: licensing offences

Trade: licensing offences

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