The Afghanistan (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020

• (b) to carry out other activities that support basic human needs in Afghanistan,

provided that P believes that carrying out the relevant activity is so necessary and there is no reasonable cause for P to suspect otherwise.

• (2) For the purposes of paragraph (1), “relevant activity” means any activity which would, in the absence of this regulation, contravene the prohibitions in regulations 8 to 12.

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

Finance: disclosure to the Treasury

36A

• (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