The Republic of Belarus (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) Regulations 2021

Made: 5th August 2021

Laid before Parliament: at 11.00 a.m. on 9th August 2021

Coming into force: at noon on 9th August 2021

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Citation and commencement

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PART 1 — General

Amendment of the Republic of Belarus (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

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Interpretation

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Application of prohibitions and requirements outside the United Kingdom

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PART 2 — Designation of persons

Power to designate persons

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Designation criteria

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PART 3 — Finance

Financial sanctions

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Transferable securities etc.

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PART 4 — Trade

Definition of “restricted goods” and “restricted technology”

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Further definitions

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Definition of “interception and monitoring services”

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Interpretation of other expressions used in Part 5

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Export of restricted goods and tobacco industry goods

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Interception and monitoring services

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Dual-use goods and technology

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Trade: further provision

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PART 5 — Aircraft sanctions

Aircraft

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PART 6 — Exceptions and licences

Finance: exceptions from prohibitions

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Exception for authorised conduct in a relevant country

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

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Exceptions: finance

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Treasury licences

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Trade licences

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PART 7 — Information, enforcement etc.

Application of information powers in the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979

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Disclosure of information

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Penalties for offences

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Jurisdiction to try offences

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Modification of penalties under the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979

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Monetary penalties

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Maritime enforcement

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Trade: overlapping offences

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PART 8 — Amendments to Schedules

Schedule 1

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Interception and monitoring goods and technology; other goods

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Treasury licences

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Signed

Dominic Raab — Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs — Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office — 2021-08-05

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

These Regulations are made under the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018 (c.13) to add new measures to the sanctions regime in relation to Belarus. The Regulations amend the Belarus (EU Exit) (Sanctions) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/600) (“the 2019 Regulations”).

Part 2 of the Regulations amends the provisions in the 2019 Regulations which confer powers on the Secretary of State to designate persons. Regulation 5 amends the 2019 Regulations to confer a power on the Secretary of State to designate persons for the purpose of new prohibitions on technical assistance relating to aircraft. Regulation 6 expands the criteria for designation to include providing support for or obtaining an economic benefit from the Government of Belarus as a way in which persons can be involved in specified activities.

Part 3 of the Regulations adds new financial sanctions to Part 3 of the 2019 Regulations. New restrictions are imposed on dealing with certain financial instruments, providing loans and credit and providing insurance and reinsurance services.

Part 4 of the Regulations amends Part 5 of the 2019 Regulations, on trade. New restrictions are imposed in relation to trade in interception and monitoring goods and technology (as specified in new Schedule 2A) and interception and monitoring services, dual-use goods and technology, goods for the tobacco industry, petroleum products and potash (as defined in new Schedule 2B). Restrictions are also imposed in relation to the provision of technical assistance relating to aircraft.

Under regulation 21, a new Part 5A is added to the 2019 Regulations, conferring powers on the Secretary of State, air traffic control and airport operators to make directions for the purpose of preventing certain aircraft from entering the airspace over the United Kingdom or from landing in the United Kingdom, requiring aircraft to leave the airspace over the United Kingdom.

Part 6 of these Regulations provides for licensing and exceptions from the new restrictions, by amendments to Part 6 of the 2019 Regulations.

Part 7 of these Regulations makes a number of consequential amendments to the provisions of the 2019 Regulations on information and enforcement (including maritime enforcement) of the sanctions measures.

A full impact assessment of the effect that this instrument will have on the costs of business, the voluntary sector and the public sector has been published alongside these Regulations and is available at https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/uk-sanctions-on-the-republic-of-belarus, or from the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, King Charles Street, London SW1A 2AH.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: The power to make regulations under Part 1 of the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018 (c.13) is conferred on an appropriate Minister. Section 1(9)(a) of the Act defines an “appropriate Minister” as including the Secretary of State.

[^f00002]: 2018 c.13.

[^f00003]: S.I. 2019/600, as amended by S.I. 2020/590; S.I. 2020/951; and by the Sentencing Act 2020 (c.17).

[^f00004]: United Nations Treaty Series, vol. 596, p.261.

[^f00005]: United Nations Treaty Series, vol. 500, p. 95.

[^f00006]: 2000 c.8. Part 4A was inserted by the Financial Services Act 2012 (c.21), section 11(2) and amended by S.I. 2018/135.

[^f00007]: S.I. 2008/3231. Schedule 2 was substituted by S.I. 2017/85 and subsequently amended by S.I. 2017/697; S.I. 2018/165; S.I. 2018/939; S.I. 2019/137; and S.I. 2019/989. There are other instruments which amend other parts of the Order, which are not relevant to these Regulations.

[^f00008]: 2006 c.36.

[^f00009]: 2000 c.38.

[^f00010]: S.I. 2016/765, as amended by S.I. 2017/1112; S.I. 2018/623; S.I. 2018/1160; S.I. 2018/1392; S.I. 2019/261; S.I. 2019/645; S.I. 2020/1555; and S.I. 2021/879.

[^f00011]: 1979 c.2. Amendments have been made to this Act and are cited, where relevant, in respect of the applicable regulations.

[^f00012]: S.I. 1991/2724, amended by S.I. 1992/3095; S.I. 1993/3014; and S.I. 2011/1043; and revoked by S.I. 2018/1247.

[^f00013]: Section 50(2) and (3) have been amended by the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (c.60) and the Taxation (Cross-border Trade) Act 2018 (c.22).

[^f00014]: Section 50(4) has been amended by the Finance Act 1988 (c.39); the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 (c.4); the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 (c.12); S.I. 1996/2686; and S.I. 2015/664.

[^f00015]: See section 143(4)(f) and (4A), as inserted by the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018 (c.13), section 59(4) and Schedule 3, paragraph 8(1) and (3).

[^f00016]: The Tariff of the United Kingdom, Version 1.0 dated 8 December 2020 is available electronically from: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/reference-document-for-the-customs-tariff-establishment-eu-exit-regulations-2020. A hard copy is available for inspection free of charge at the offices of HMRC at 100 Parliament Street, London, SW1A 2BQ.

[^f00017]: 2018 ch.22.

Editorial notes

[^key-5ca8253e88b7ad96037e1e7cd480ca8a]: Regulations revoked (14.10.2021 at noon) by The Republic of Belarus (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1146), regs. 1(2), 39