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• (f) a port constable, within the meaning of section 7 of the Marine Navigation Act 2013⁴⁷, or a person appointed to act as a constable under provision made by virtue of section 16 of the Harbours Act 1964⁴⁸;

• (g) a designated customs official within the meaning of Part 1 of the Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Act 2009 (see section 14(6) of that Act)⁴⁹;

• (h) a designated NCA officer who is authorised by the Director General of the National Crime Agency (whether generally or specifically) to exercise the powers of a maritime enforcement officer under this Part.

• (2) In this regulation, “a designated NCA officer” means a National Crime Agency officer who is either or both of the following—

• (a) an officer designated under section 10 of the Crime and Courts Act 2013⁵⁰ as having the powers and privileges of a constable;

• (b) an officer designated under that section as having the powers of a general customs official.

Power to stop, board, search etc.

90

• (1) This regulation applies if a maritime enforcement officer has reasonable grounds to suspect that a relevant ship is carrying prohibited goods or relevant goods.

• (2) The officer may—

• (a) stop the ship;

• (b) board the ship;

• (c) for the purpose of exercising a power conferred by paragraph (3) or regulation 91 (seizure power), require the ship to be taken to, and remain in, a port or anchorage in the United Kingdom or any other country willing to receive it.

• (3) Where the officer boards a ship by virtue of this regulation, the officer may—

• (a) stop any person found on the ship and search that person for—

• (i) prohibited goods or relevant goods, or

• (ii) any thing that might be used to cause physical injury or damage to property or to endanger the safety of any ship;

• (b) search the ship, or any thing found on the ship (including cargo) for prohibited goods or relevant goods;

• (4) The officer may—

• (a) require a person found on a ship boarded by virtue of this regulation to provide information or produce documents;

• (b) inspect and copy such information or documents.

• (5) The officer may exercise a power conferred by paragraph (3)(a)(i) or (b) only to the extent reasonably required for the purpose of discovering prohibited goods or relevant goods.

• (6) The officer may exercise the power conferred by paragraph (3)(a)(ii) in relation to a person only where the officer has reasonable grounds to believe that the person might use a thing to cause physical injury or damage to property or to endanger the safety of any ship.

• (7) The officer may use reasonable force, if necessary, in the exercise of any power conferred by this regulation.

Seizure power

91

• (1) This regulation applies if a maritime enforcement officer is lawfully on a relevant ship (whether in exercise of the powers conferred by regulation 90 (power to stop, board, search etc.) or otherwise).

• (2) The officer may seize any of the following which are found on the ship, in any thing found on the ship, or on any person found on the ship—

• (a) goods which the officer has reasonable grounds to suspect are prohibited goods or relevant goods, or

• (b) things within regulation 90(3)(a)(ii).

• (3) The officer may use reasonable force, if necessary, in the exercise of any power conferred by this regulation.

Restrictions on exercise of maritime enforcement powers

92

• (1) The authority of the Secretary of State is required before any maritime enforcement power is exercised in reliance on regulation 88 (exercise of maritime enforcement powers) in relation to—

• (a) a British ship in foreign waters, or

• (b) a foreign ship in international waters.

• (2) In relation to a British ship in foreign waters other than the sea and other waters within the seaward limits of the territorial sea adjacent to any relevant British possession, the Secretary of State may give authority under paragraph (1) only if the State in whose waters the power would be exercised consents to the exercise of the power.

• (3) In relation to a foreign ship in international waters, the Secretary of State may give authority under paragraph (1) only if—

• (a) the home state has requested the assistance of the United Kingdom for a purpose mentioned in regulation 88(2) or (3),

• (b) the home state has authorised the United Kingdom to act for such a purpose, or

• (c) the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea 1982⁵¹ or a UN Security Council Resolution otherwise permits the exercise of the power in relation to the ship.

Interpretation of Part 11

93

• (1) Subject to paragraph (2), any expression used in this Part and in section 19 or 20 of the Act has the same meaning in this Part as it has in section 19 or (as the case may be) section 20 of the Act.

• (2) For the purpose of interpreting any reference to “prohibited goods” or “relevant goods” in this Part, any reference in section 19 or 20 of the Act to a “relevant prohibition or requirement” is to be read as a reference to any prohibition specified in regulation 88(2)(a) to (c).

PART 12 — Supplementary and final provision

Notices

94

• (1) This regulation applies in relation to a notice required by regulation 63 (licences: general provisions) to be given to a person.

• (2) The notice may be given to an individual—

• (a) by delivering it to the individual,

• (b) by sending it to the individual by post addressed to the individual at his or her usual or last-known place of residence or business, or

• (c) by leaving it for the individual at that place.

• (3) The notice may be given to a person other than an individual—

• (a) by sending it by post to the proper officer of the body at its principal office, or

• (b) by addressing it to the proper officer of the body and leaving it at that office.

• (4) The notice may be given to the person by other means, including by electronic means, with the person’s consent.

• (5) In this regulation, the reference in paragraph (3) to a “principal office”—

• (a) in relation to a registered company, is to be read as a reference to the company’s registered office;

• (b) in relation to a body incorporated or constituted under the law of a country other than the United Kingdom, includes a reference to the body’s principal office in the United Kingdom (if any).

• (6) In this regulation—

• “proper officer”—in relation to a body other than a partnership, means the secretary or other executive officer charged with the conduct of the body’s general affairs, andin relation to a partnership, means a partner or a person who has the control or management of the partnership business;

• “registered company” means a company registered under the enactments relating to companies for the time being in force in the United Kingdom.

Trade: overlapping offences

95

A person is not to be taken to commit an offence under the Export Control Order 2008 if the person would, in the absence of this regulation, commit an offence under both—

• (a) article 34, 35, 37 or 38 of that Order⁵², and

• (b) any provision of Part 6 (Trade) or regulation 66 (trade: licensing offences), 74(6) or 75(5) (offences in connection with record-keeping).

Revocation of the Iran (Sanctions) (Human Rights) (EU Exit) Regulations

96

The Iran (Sanctions) (Human Rights) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019⁵³ are revoked.

Savings

97

• (1) Paragraph (2) applies to a person who, immediately before the relevant date, was designated by the Secretary of State under regulation 5 (power to designate persons) of the 2019 Regulations for the purposes of—

• (a) regulations 11 to 15 (asset-freeze etc.) of those Regulations, or

• (b) regulation 17 (immigration) of those Regulations,

and such a designation is referred to in this regulation as “an existing designation”.

• (2) An existing designation mentioned in paragraph (1)(a) has effect on and after the relevant date as if it had been made by the Secretary of State under regulation 5(1)(a) of these Regulations.

• (3) An existing designation mentioned in paragraph (1)(b) has effect on and after the relevant date as if it had been made by the Secretary of State under regulation 5(1)(c) of these Regulations.

Transitional provision: Treasury licences

98

• (1) Paragraphs (2) to (4) apply to a licence which—

• (a) was issued by the Treasury under regulation 35(1) of the 2019 Regulations,

• (b) was in effect immediately before the relevant date, and

• (c) authorises conduct which would (on and after the relevant date, and in the absence of paragraphs (2) to (4)) be prohibited under Part 3 (Finance),

and such a licence is referred to in this regulation as “an existing financial sanctions licence”.

• (2) An existing financial sanctions licence which authorises an act which would otherwise be prohibited has effect on and after the relevant date as if it had been issued by the Treasury under regulation 60(1) (Treasury licences).

• (3) Any reference in an existing financial sanctions licence to the 2019 Regulations is to be treated on and after the relevant date as a reference to these Regulations.

• (4) Any reference in an existing financial sanctions licence to a prohibition in the 2019 Regulations is to be treated on and after the relevant date as a reference to the corresponding prohibition in Part 3.

• (5) Paragraph (6) applies where—

• (a) an application for a licence, or for the variation of a licence, under the 2019 Regulations was made before the relevant date,

• (b) the application is for the authorisation of conduct which would (on an after the relevant date) be prohibited under Part 3, and

• (c) a decision to grant or refuse the application has not been made before that date.

• (6) The application is to be treated on and after the relevant date as an application for a licence, or for the variation of a licence (as the case may be), under regulation 60(1) (Treasury licences).

Transitional provision: trade licences

99

• (1) Paragraphs (2) to (4) apply to a licence granted by the Secretary of State which—

• (a) was issued by the Secretary of State under regulation 36 of the 2019 Regulations,

• (b) was in effect immediately before the relevant date, and

• (c) authorises an act which would (on and after the relevant date, and in the absence of paragraphs (2) to (4)) be prohibited under Part 6 (Trade),

and such a licence is referred to in this regulation as “an existing trade sanctions licence”.

• (2) An existing trade sanctions licence has effect on and after the relevant date as if it were a licence which had been issued by the Secretary of State under regulation 62 (trade licences).

• (3) Any reference in an existing trade sanctions licence to the 2019 Regulations is to be treated on and after the relevant date as a reference to these Regulations.

• (4) Any reference in an existing trade sanctions licence to a prohibition in the 2019 Regulations is to be treated on and after the relevant date as a reference to the corresponding prohibition in Part 6 (Trade).

• (5) Paragraph (6) applies where—

• (a) an application for a licence, or for the variation of a licence, under the 2019 Regulations was made before the relevant date,

• (b) the application is for the authorisation of conduct which would (on and after the relevant date) be prohibited under Part 6, and

• (c) a decision to grant or refuse the application has not been made before that date.

• (6) The application is to be treated on and after the relevant date as an application for a licence, or for the variation of a licence (as the case may be), under regulation 62.

Transitional provisions: prior obligations

100

• (1) This regulation applies to a person (“P”) who, immediately before the relevant date, was designated by the Secretary of State under regulation 5 (power to designate persons) of the 2019 Regulations for the purposes of—

• (a) regulations 11 to 15 (asset-freeze etc.) of those Regulations, or

• (b) regulation 17 (immigration) of those Regulations.

• (2) Subject to paragraph (3), any reference in a provision mentioned in paragraph (4) to the date on which P became a designated person is a reference to the date on which P was designated by the Secretary of State under regulation 5 of the 2019 Regulations.

• (3) Where P was named in Annex I of the EU Iran (Human Rights) Regulation immediately before IP completion day⁵⁴, any reference in a provision mentioned in paragraph (4) to the date on which P became a designated person is a reference to the date on which P was named in that Annex.

• (4) The provisions referred to in paragraphs (2) and (3) are—

• (a) regulation 55(5) (finance: exceptions from prohibitions), and

• (b) paragraph 10(a) of Schedule 5 (Treasury licences: purposes).

• (5) In this regulation—

• “the EU Iran (Human Rights) Regulation” means Council Regulation (EU) No359/2011 of 12 April 2011 concerning restrictive measures directed against certain persons, entities and bodies in view of the situation in Iran⁵⁵, as it has effect in EU law.

Interpretation of Part 12

101

In this Part—

• “the 2019 Regulations” means the Iran (Sanctions) (Human Rights) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019;

• “relevant date” means the date on which these Regulations come into force.

SCHEDULE 1 — Rules for interpretation of regulation 9(2)

Application of Schedule

1

• (1) The rules set out in the following paragraphs of this Schedule apply for the purpose of interpreting regulation 9(2).

• (2) They also apply for the purpose of interpreting this Schedule.

Joint interests

2

If two or more persons each hold a share or right jointly, each of them is treated as holding that share or right.

Joint arrangements

3

• (1) If shares or rights held by a person and shares or rights held by another person are the subject of a joint arrangement between those persons, each of them is treated as holding the combined shares or rights of both of them.

• (2) A “joint arrangement” is an arrangement between the holders of shares or rights that they will exercise all or substantially all the rights conferred by their respective shares or rights jointly in a way that is pre-determined by the arrangement.

• (3) “Arrangement” has the meaning given by paragraph 12.

Calculating shareholdings

4

• (1) In relation to a person who has a share capital, a reference to holding “more than 50% of the shares” in that person is to holding shares comprised in the issued share capital of that person of a nominal value exceeding (in aggregate) 50% of that share capital.

• (2) In relation to a person who does not have a share capital—

• (a) a reference to holding shares in that person is to holding a right or rights to share in the capital or, as the case may be, profits of that person;

• (b) a reference to holding “more than 50% of the shares” in that person is to holding a right or rights to share in more than 50% of the capital or, as the case may be, profits of that person.

Voting rights

5

• (1) A reference to the voting rights in a person is to the rights conferred on shareholders in respect of their shares (or, in the case of a person not having a share capital, on members) to vote at general meetings of the person on all or substantially all matters.

• (2) In relation to a person that does not have general meetings at which matters are decided by the exercise of voting rights—

• (a) a reference to holding voting rights in the person is to be read as a reference to holding rights in relation to the person that are equivalent to those of a person entitled to exercise voting rights in a company;

• (b) a reference to holding “more than 50% of the voting rights” in the person is to be read as a reference to holding the right under the constitution of the person to block changes to the overall policy of the person or to the terms of its constitution.

6

In applying regulation 9(2) and this Schedule, the voting rights in a person are to be reduced by any rights held by the person itself.

Rights to appoint or remove members of the board

7

A reference to the right to appoint or remove a majority of the board of directors of a person is to the right to appoint or remove directors holding a majority of the voting rights at meetings of the board on all or substantially all matters.

8

A reference to a board of directors, in the case of a person who does not have such a board, is to be read as a reference to the equivalent management body of that person.

Shares or rights held “indirectly”

9

• (1) A person holds a share “indirectly” if the person has a majority stake in another person and that other person—

• (a) holds the share in question, or

• (b) is part of a chain of persons—

• (i) each of whom (other than the last) has a majority stake in the person immediately below it in the chain, and

• (ii) the last of whom holds the share.

• (2) A person holds a right “indirectly” if the person has a majority stake in another person and that other person—

• (a) holds that right, or

• (b) is part of a chain of persons—

• (i) each of whom (other than the last) has a majority stake in the person immediately below it in the chain, and

• (ii) the last of whom holds that right.

• (3) For these purposes, a person (“A”) has a “majority stake” in another person (“B”) if—

• (a) A holds a majority of the voting rights in B,

• (b) A is a member of B and has the right to appoint or remove a majority of the board of directors of B,

• (c) A is a member of B and controls alone, pursuant to an agreement with other shareholders or members, a majority of the voting rights in B, or

• (d) A has the right to exercise, or actually exercises, dominant influence or control over B.

• (4) In the application of this paragraph to the right to appoint or remove a majority of the board of directors, a person (“A”) is to be treated as having the right to appoint a director if—

• (a) any person’s appointment as director follows necessarily from that person’s appointment as director of A, or

• (b) the directorship is held by A itself.

Shares held by nominees

10

A share held by a person as nominee for another is to be treated as held by the other (and not by the nominee).

Rights treated as held by person who controls their exercise

11

• (1) Where a person controls a right, the right is to be treated as held by that person (and not by the person who in fact holds the right, unless that person also controls it).

• (2) A person “controls” a right if, by virtue of any arrangement between that person and others, the right is exercisable only—

• (a) by that person,

• (b) in accordance with that person’s directions or instructions, or

• (c) with that person’s consent or concurrence.

12

“Arrangement” includes—

• (a) any scheme, agreement or understanding, whether or not it is legally enforceable, and

• (b) any convention, custom or practice of any kind.

Rights exercisable only in certain circumstances etc.

13

• (1) Rights that are exercisable only in certain circumstances are to be taken into account only—

• (a) when the circumstances have arisen, and for so long as they continue to obtain, or

• (b) when the circumstances are within the control of the person having the rights.

• (2) But rights that are exercisable by an administrator or by creditors while a person is subject to relevant insolvency proceedings are not to be taken into account while the person is subject to those proceedings.

• (3) “Relevant insolvency proceedings” means—

• (a) administration within the meaning of the Insolvency Act 1986⁵⁶,

• (b) administration within the meaning of the Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 1989⁵⁷, or

• (c) proceedings under the insolvency law of another country during which a person’s assets and affairs are subject to the control or supervision of a third party or creditor.

• (4) Rights that are normally exercisable but are temporarily incapable of exercise are to continue to be taken into account.

Rights attached to shares held by way of security

14

Rights attached to shares held by way of security provided by a person are to be treated for the purposes of this Schedule as held by that person—

• (a) where apart from the right to exercise them for the purpose of preserving the value of the security, or of realising it, the rights are exercisable only in accordance with that person’s instructions, and

• (b) where the shares are held in connection with the granting of loans as part of normal business activities and apart from the right to exercise them for the purpose of preserving the value of the security, or of realising it, the rights are exercisable only in that person’s interests.

SCHEDULE 2 — Internal repression goods and internal repression technology

Firearms and related goods

1

Firearms, ammunition and related accessories, as follows—

• (a) firearms;

• (b) ammunition specially designed for firearms;

• (c) weapon-sights.

2

Simulators for training persons to use firearms.

3

Bombs and grenades.

Vehicles

4

• (1) Subject to sub-paragraph (3), the following types of vehicles—

• (a) vehicles equipped with a water cannon, specially designed or modified for the purpose of riot control;

• (b) vehicles specially designed or modified to be electrified to repel boarders;

• (c) vehicles specially designed or modified to remove barricades, including construction equipment with ballistic protection;

• (d) vehicles specially designed for the transport or transfer of prisoners or detainees;

• (e) vehicles specially designed to deploy mobile barriers.

• (2) Components for the vehicles specified in sub-paragraph (1)(a) to (e) that have been designed for the purposes of riot control.

• (3) Vehicles that might otherwise fall within sub-paragraph (1)(a) to (e) are not internal repression goods if they are specially designed for the purposes of fire-fighting.

• (4) For the purposes of this paragraph, “vehicle” includes a trailer.

Explosive substances and related goods

5

• (1) Subject to sub-paragraph (3), equipment and devices specially designed to initiate explosions by electrical or non-electrical means, including—

• (a) firing sets;

• (b) detonators;

• (c) igniters;

• (d) boosters;

• (e) detonating cord.

• (2) Subject to sub-paragraph (3), components that have been specially designed for any thing mentioned in sub-paragraph (1).

• (3) Sub-paragraphs (1) and (2) do not apply to any thing that has been specially designed for a specific commercial use.

• (4) For the purpose of sub-paragraph (3), a “specific commercial use” means the actuation or operation by explosive means of other equipment or devices the function of which is not the creation of explosions, including—

• (a) car air-bag inflaters;

• (b) electric-surge arresters;

• (c) fire sprinkler actuators.

6

Linear cutting explosive charges.

7

The following explosives and related substances—

• (a) amatol;

• (b) nitrocellulose (containing more than 12.5 % nitrogen);

• (c) nitroglycol;

• (d) pentaerythritol tetranitrate (PETN);

• (e) picryl chloride;

• (f) 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene (TNT).

Other goods

8

• (1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), the following equipment designed for the protection of a person—

• (a) body armour providing ballistic or stabbing protection or both;

• (b) helmets providing ballistic or fragmentation protection, or both, including anti-riot helmets;

• (c) anti-riot shields and ballistic shields.

• (2) Sub-paragraph (1) does not apply to—

• (a) any thing specially designed to protect persons for the following purposes—

• (i) participation in competitive sport;

• (ii) ensuring safety at work;

• (b) any thing mentioned in sub-paragraph (1)(a) or (b) when accompanying a person for that person’s own protection.

9

Night vision equipment.

10

Thermal imaging equipment.

11

Image intensifier tubes.

12

Razor barbed wire.

13

The following types of knives—

• (a) knives that are designed for use by military personnel (military knives);

• (b) knives that are designed for use as a weapon for inflicting injury (combat knives);

• (c) bayonets with blade lengths in excess of 10 cm.

Production equipment

14

Any equipment which is specially designed or modified for the development or for one or more of the production phases of any item mentioned in this Schedule.

Software and technology

15

Any software which is specially designed for the simulators mentioned in paragraph 2.

16

Any technology which is specially designed for the development, production or use of any item mentioned in this Schedule.

Interpretation

17

• (1) In this Schedule, “firearm” means any portable barrelled weapon that expels, is designed to expel or may be converted to expel, a shot, bullet or projectile by the action of a combustible propellant.

• (2) For the purposes of this Schedule, the following terms have the meaning given to them in the Dual-Use Regulation—

• “development”;

• “production”;

• “software”;

• “technology”;

• “use”.

SCHEDULE 3 — Interception and monitoring goods and interception and monitoring technology

Interception and monitoring equipment

1

Any goods which can perform any of the following functions (whether individually or as part of a system)—

• (a) deep packet inspection;

• (b) network interception, including associated systems management and data retention functions;

• (c) radio frequency monitoring, including associated processing or examination;

• (d) network and satellite jamming;

• (e) remote infection;

• (f) speaker recognition, including associated processing functions;

• (g) IMSI, MSISDN, IMEI and TMSI interception and monitoring;

• (h) tactical SMS, GSM, GPS, GPRS, UMTS, CDMA, and PSTN interception and monitoring;

• (i) DHCP, SMTP and GTP information interception and monitoring;

• (j) pattern recognition and pattern profiling;

• (k) remote forensics;

• (l) semantic processing;

• (m) WEP and WPA code breaking;

• (n) interception of VoIP (including proprietary and standard protocols).

2

Any software which can perform any of the functions described in paragraph 1(a) to (n) (whether individually or as part of a system).

Other software and other technology

3

Any software or other technology which is specially designed for the development, production or use of any goods or software described in paragraph 1 or 2.

Interpretation

4

For the purposes of this Schedule, the following terms have the meaning given to them in the Dual-Use Regulation—

• “development”;

• “production”;

• “software”;

• “technology”;

• “use”.

Acronyms and abbreviations used in this Schedule

5

The acronyms and abbreviations used in this Schedule have the following meaning—

ABBREVIATION/ ACRONYM	MEANING	ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
IMSI	International Mobile Subscriber Identity	This is a unique identification code for each mobile telephony device, integrated in the SIM card and which allows identification of that SIM, via GSM and UMTS networks.
MSISDN	Mobile Subscriber Integrated Services Digital Network Number	This is a number that uniquely identifies a subscription in a GSM or a UMTS mobile network. It is the telephone number to the SIM card in a mobile phone and therefore identifies a mobile subscriber as well as the IMSI.
IMEI	International Mobile Equipment Identity	This is a number, usually unique, to identify GSM, WCDMA and IDEN mobile phones as well as some satellite phones. It is usually found printed inside the battery compartment of the phone.
TMSI	Temporary Mobile Subscriber Identity
SMS	Short Message System
GSM	Global System for Mobile Communications
GPS	Global Positioning System
GPRS	General Packet Radio Service
UMTS	Universal Mobile Telecommunications System
CDMA	Code Division Multiple Access
PSTN	Public Switch Telephone Networks
DHCP	Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
SMTP	Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
GTP	GPRS Tunnelling Protocol
WEP	Wired Equivalent Privacy
WPA	Wi-Fi Protected Access
VoIP	Voice over Internet Protocol
WCDMA	Wideband Code Division Multiple Access
IDEN	Integrated Digital Enhanced Network

Schedule 4 — Goods of strategic concern and technology of strategic concern

Part 1 — General

Interpretation

1

• (1) For the purposes of this Schedule, a thing “falls within” a commodity code if it is, or would be, classified under that commodity code, as set out in the Goods Classification Table.

• (2) For the purposes of determining whether or not a thing is, or would be, “classified” in accordance with sub-paragraph (1), the rules of interpretation contained in the following have effect—

• (a) Part Two (Goods Classification Table Rules of Interpretation) of the Tariff of the United Kingdom;

• (b) notes to a section or chapter of the Goods Classification Table.

• (3) For the purposes of this paragraph—

• “commodity code” includes a code denoting a heading or sub-heading;

• “the Goods Classification Table” means the table so named in Annex I in Part Three of the Tariff of the United Kingdom;

• “the Tariff of the United Kingdom” means the document containing the legal classification and import rate for products being imported into the United Kingdom, entitled “The Tariff of the United Kingdom”, as revised or re-issued from time to time, including by any document published under regulations made under section 8(1) of the Taxation (Cross-border Trade) Act 2018 replacing the same in whole or in part.

2

For the purposes of this Schedule, the following terms have the meaning given to them in the Dual-Use Regulation—

• “development”;

• “GNSS”;

• “LIDAR”;

• “production”;

• “technology”;

• “use”.

Part 2 — Items that are specified by commodity code

3

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

(1) Commodity code	(2) Description
8407 10	Spark-ignition reciprocating or rotary internal combustion piston engines for aircraft
8408 90	Compression-ignition internal combustion piston engines
8409 10	Parts suitable for use solely or principally with internal combustion piston engine for aircraft
8411 11	Turbojets of a thrust not exceeding 25 kn
8411 12	Turbojets of a thrust exceeding 25 kn
8411 21	Turbopropellers of a power not exceeding 1100 kw
8411 22	Turbopropellers of a power exceeding 1100 kw
8411 91	Parts of turbojets and turbopropellers
8457 10	Machining centres
8458 11	Numerically controlled horizontal lathes
8458 91	Other numerically controlled lathes
8459 61	Numerically controlled milling machines
8466 93	Parts and accessories suitable for use solely or principally with the machines of headings 8456 to 8461, not elsewhere specified
8471 50	Processing units other than those of subheading 8471 41 or 8471 49, whether or not containing in the same housing one or two of the following types of unit: storage units, input units, output units
8471 80	Other units of automatic data processing machines, not elsewhere specified
8481 10	Pressure-reducing valves
8482 10	Ball bearings
8482 20	Tapered roller bearings, including cone and tapered roller assemblies
8482 30	Spherical roller bearings
8482 50	Other cylindrical roller bearings, including cage and roller assemblies
8486 10	Machines and apparatus for the manufacture of boules or wafers
8486 20	Machines and apparatus for the manufacture of semiconductor devices or of electronic integrated circuits
8486 40	Machines and apparatus for the manufacture or repair of masks and reticles; for assembling semiconductor devices or electronic integrated circuits; and for lifting, handling, loading or unloading of boules, wafers, semiconductor devices, electronic integrated circuits and flat panel displays
8501	Electric motors and generators, excluding generating sets
8504 40	Static convertors
8506	Primary cells and primary batteries
8511 20	Ignition magnetos; magneto-dynamos; magnetic flywheels
8511 80	Electrical ignition or starting equipment of a kind used for spark-ignition or compression-ignition internal combustion engines (for example, ignition magnetos, magneto-dynamos, ignition coils, sparking plugs and glow plugs, starter motors); generators (for example, dynamos, alternators) and cut-outs of a kind used in conjunction with such engines: Other equipment
8517 61	Base stations
8517 62	Machines for the reception, conversion, and transmission or regeneration of voice, images or other data, including switching and routing apparatus
8517 69	Other apparatus for the transmission or reception of voice, images or other data, including apparatus for communication in a wired or wireless network, not elsewhere specified
8517 71	Parts of 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
8525 83	Night vision cameras
8525 89	Cameras, visible or thermal, specially designed for unmanned aerial vehicles
8526 10	Radar apparatus
8526 91	Radio navigational aid apparatus
8526 92	Radio remote control apparatus
8529 10	Aerials and aerial reflectors of all kinds; parts suitable for use therewith
8529 90	Other parts suitable for use solely or principally with the apparatus of headings 8524 to 8528, not elsewhere specified
8532 21	Tantalum capacitors
8532 22	Aluminium electrolytic capacitors
8532 24	Ceramic dielectric multilayer capacitors
8534	Printed circuits
8536 69	Coaxial connectors; cylindrical multicontact connectors; rack and panel connectors; printed circuit connectors; ribbon or flat cable connectors; other
8536 90	Other electrical apparatus for switching or protecting electrical circuits, or for making connections to or in electrical circuits, not elsewhere specified
8537 10	Boards, panels, consoles, desks, cabinets and other bases, equipped with two or more apparatus of heading 8535 or 8536, for electric control or the distribution of electricity for a voltage not exceeding 1000 v
8541 10	Diodes, other than photosensitive or light-emitting diodes (LED)
8541 21	Transistors, other than photosensitive transistors with a dissipation rate of less than 1 w
8541 29	Transistors, other than photosensitive transistors, not elsewhere specified
8541 30	Thyristors, diacs and triacs, other than photosensitive devices
8541 49	Photosensitive semiconductor devices, not elsewhere specified
8541 51	Semiconductor-based transducers
8541 59	Semiconductor devices, not elsewhere specified
8541 60	Mounted piezo-electric crystals
8542 31	Electronic integrated circuits: processors and controllers
8542 32	Memories of electronic integrated circuits
8542 33	Amplifiers of electronic integrated circuits
8542 39	Other electronic integrated circuits, not elsewhere specified
8543 20	Signal generators
8543 70 02	Microwave amplifiers
8543 70 04	Digital flight-data recorders
8543 70 90	Other electrical machines and apparatus, having individual functions, not elsewhere specified in chapter 85
8548	Electrical parts of machinery or apparatus, not elsewhere specified in chapter 85
8805 10	Aircraft launching gear and parts thereof; deck-arrestor or similar gear and parts thereof
8806 91	Unmanned aerial vehicles other than those designed for carrying passengers
8806 92	Unmanned aerial vehicles other than those designed for carrying passengers
8806 93	Unmanned aerial vehicles other than those designed for carrying passengers
8806 94	Unmanned aerial vehicles other than those designed for carrying passengers
8806 99	Unmanned aerial vehicles other than those designed for carrying passengers
8807 30	Other parts of aeroplanes, helicopters or unmanned aircraft
9006 30	Cameras specially designed for underwater use, for aerial survey or for medical or surgical examination of internal organs; comparison cameras for forensic or criminological purposes
9006 91	Parts and accessories of photographic (other than cinematographic) cameras; photographic flashlight apparatus and flashbulbs other than discharge lamps of heading 8539
9013 10	Telescopic sights for fitting to arms of lasers, other than laser diodes, and of other optical appliances and instruments, not elsewhere specified in chapter 90
9013 20	Lasers, other than laser diodes
9013 80	Other devices, appliances and instruments of lasers, other than laser diodes, and of other optical appliances and instruments, not elsewhere specified in chapter 90
9013 90 80	Other parts and accessories of lasers, other than laser diodes, and of other optical appliances and instruments, not elsewhere specified in chapter 90
9014 20	Instruments and appliances for aeronautical or space navigation, other than compasses
9014 80	Other navigational instruments and appliances
9015 10	Rangefinders
9015 80	Surveying (including photogrammetrical surveying), hydrographic, oceanographic, hydrological, meteorological or geophysical instruments and appliances, excluding compasses; rangefinders: Other instruments and appliances
9015 90	Surveying (including photogrammetrical surveying), hydrographic, oceanographic, hydrological, meteorological or geophysical instruments and appliances, excluding compasses; rangefinders: Parts and accessories
9025 80	Hydrometers and similar floating instruments, thermometers, pyrometers, barometers, hygrometers and psychrometers, recording or not, and any combination of these instruments: Other instruments
9025 90	Hydrometers and similar floating instruments, thermometers, pyrometers, barometers, hygrometers and psychrometers, recording or not, and any combination of these instruments: Parts and accessories
9026 80	Instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking the flow, level, pressure or other variables of liquids or gases (for example, flow meters, level gauges, manometers, heat meters), excluding instruments and apparatus of heading 9014, 9015, 9028 or 9032: Other instruments
9026 90	Instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking the flow, level, pressure or other variables of liquids or gases (for example, flow meters, level gauges, manometers, heat meters), excluding instruments and apparatus of heading 9014, 9015, 9028 or 9032: Parts and accessories
9027 50	Other instruments and apparatus using optical radiations (ultraviolet, visible, infrared)
9030 20	Oscilloscopes and oscillographs
9030 32	Multimeters, with a recording device
9030 39	Other instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking voltage, current, resistance or power: Other, with a recording device
9030 82	Oscilloscopes, spectrum analysers and other instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking electrical quantities: For measuring or checking semiconductor wafers or devices
9031 80 20	Measuring or checking instruments, appliances and machines, not elsewhere specified in chapter 90; profile projectors: For measuring or checking geometrical quantities
9031 80 80	Other measuring or checking instruments, appliances and machines, not elsewhere specified in chapter 90; profile projectors
9031 90	Parts and accessories of measuring or checking instruments, appliances and machines, not elsewhere specified in chapter 90; profile projectors
9032 10	Thermostats
9033 00 90	Other parts and accessories (not elsewhere specified in chapter 90) for machines, appliances, instruments or apparatus of chapter 90

Part 3 — Items that are specified by description

4

Equipment specially designed for satellite navigation equipment, including aerials and antennas suitable for the reception of GNSS signals.

5

Airborne laser rangefinder.

PART 4 — Electronic components and devices

6

LIDAR systems.

7

Pitot tubes and air measurement sensors for unmanned aerial vehicles.

PART 5 — Other items

8

Engine fuel management systems and pressure transmitter for use in unmanned aerial vehicles.

9

Software programming devices for use with unmanned aerial vehicles.

10

Software defined radios designed or modified for use on unmanned aerial vehicles.

11

Single board computers for use in unmanned aerial vehicles.

12

Video encoding devices for use in unmanned aerial vehicles.

13

Technology, designed or specifically adapted for the test, development or production of equipment listed in Parts 2 and 3 of this Schedule.

14

Software programming devices for use with unmanned aerial vehicles.

15

Software defined radios designed or modified for use on unmanned aerial vehicles.

16

Single board computers for use in unmanned aerial vehicles.

17

Video encoding devices for use in unmanned aerial vehicles.

SCHEDULE 5 — Treasury licences: purposes

Interpretation

1

• (1) In this Schedule—

• “consular post” has the same meaning as in the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations done at Vienna on 24 April 1963⁵⁸, and any reference to the functions of a consular post is to be read in accordance with that Convention;

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

• “diplomatic mission” and any reference to the functions of a diplomatic mission, are to be read in accordance with the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations done at Vienna on 18 April 1961;

• “frozen account” has the meaning given in regulation 55(7);

• “frozen funds or economic resources” means funds or economic resources frozen by virtue of regulation 15, and any reference to a person’s frozen funds or economic resources is to funds or economic resources frozen as a consequence of the designation of that person for the purpose of that regulation.

• (2) For the purposes of this Schedule, references to a designated person are to be read as including a person (“C”) who is owned or controlled directly or indirectly (within the meaning of regulation 9) by the designated person (“P”).

• (3) When determining for the purposes of paragraph 10 when C became a designated person, C is to be treated as having become a designated person at the same time as P.

Basic needs

2

• (1) To enable the basic needs of a designated person, or (in the case of an individual) any dependent family member of such a person, to be met.

• (2) In the case of an individual in sub-paragraph (1), “basic needs” includes—

• (a) medical needs;

• (b) needs for—

• (i) food;

• (ii) payment of insurance premiums;

• (iii) payment of tax;

• (iv) rent or mortgage payments;

• (v) utility payments.

• (3) In the case of a person other than an individual in sub-paragraph (1), “basic needs” includes needs for—

• (a) payment of insurance premiums;

• (b) payment of reasonable fees for the provision of property management services;

• (c) payment of remuneration, allowances or pensions of employees;

• (d) payment of tax;

• (e) rent or mortgage payments;

• (f) utility payments.

• (4) In sub-paragraph (1)—

• “dependent” means financially dependent;

• “family member” includes—the wife or husband of the designated person;the civil partner of the designated person;any parent or other ascendant of the designated person;any child or other descendant of the designated person;any person who is a brother or sister of the designated person, or a child or other descendant of such a person.

Legal services

3

To enable the payment of—

• (a) reasonable professional fees for the provision of legal services, or

• (b) reasonable expenses associated with the provision of legal services.

Maintenance of frozen funds and economic resources

4

To enable the payment of—

• (a) reasonable fees, or

• (b) reasonable service charges,

arising from the routine holding or maintenance of frozen funds or economic resources.

Extraordinary expenses

5

To enable an extraordinary expense of a designated person to be met.

Pre-existing judicial decisions etc.

6

To enable the implementation or satisfaction (in whole or in part) of a judicial, administrative or arbitral decision or lien which is enforceable in the United Kingdom (the “judicial decision”), provided that—

• (a) where funds or economic resources are made available to a designated person, they are credited to a frozen account or otherwise frozen by virtue of regulation 15;

• (b) where funds or economic resources are made available by a person (including a designated person) to a designated person to enable the implementation or satisfaction of the judicial decision, no other designated person benefits, directly or indirectly.

Humanitarian assistance activities etc.

7

• (1) To enable anything to be done in connection with the performance of any humanitarian assistance activity.

• (2) In sub-paragraph (1) “humanitarian assistance activity” includes the work of international and non-governmental organisations carrying out relief activities in Iran for the benefit of the civilian population there.

Diplomatic missions

8

To enable anything to be done in order that the functions of a diplomatic mission or consular post in Iran or of an international organisation enjoying immunities in accordance with international law may be carried out.

Extraordinary situation

9

To enable anything to be done to deal with an extraordinary situation.

Prior obligations

10

To enable, by the use of a designated person’s frozen funds or economic resources, the satisfaction of an obligation of that person (whether arising under a contract, other agreement or otherwise), provided that—

• (a) the obligation arose before the date on which the person became a designated person, and

• (b) no payments are made to another designated person, whether directly or indirectly.

Medical goods or services

11

• (1) To enable anything to be done in connection with the provision of medical goods or services for the benefit of the civilian population of a country.

• (2) To enable the import, export or use of medical goods.

Food

12

To enable anything to be done in connection with the production or distribution of food for the benefit of the civilian population of a country.

Signed

Anne-Marie Trevelyan — Minister of State — Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office — 11th December 2023

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 establish a sanctions regime in relation to Iran for the purpose of encouraging the Government of Iran to comply with international human rights law and to respect human rights and to deter the Government of Iran or an armed group backed by the Government of Iran from conducting hostile activity against the United Kingdom and other countries.

The Regulations revoke and replace the Iran (Sanctions) (Human Rights) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019.

Part 2 of the Regulations confers a power on the Secretary of State to designate persons who are, or have been, involved in the commission of serious human rights violations or abuses in Iran or involved in hostile activity against the United Kingdom and other countries for the purposes of financial, director disqualification, immigration or shipping sanctions.

Part 3 of the Regulations provides for designated persons to be made subject to financial sanctions, including having their funds and/or economic resources frozen.

Part 4 of the Regulations provides for designated persons to be made subject to director disqualification sanctions for the purpose of disqualifying those persons from being a director of a company or directly or indirectly taking part in or being concerned in the promotion, formation or management of a company.

Part 5 of the Regulations provides that designated persons are “excluded persons” for the purposes of section 8B of the Immigration Act 1971 (c. 77), meaning generally that they must be refused leave to enter the United Kingdom and leave to remain in the United Kingdom, and any leave that has been granted is invalid.

Part 6 of the Regulations imposes trade restrictions on specified goods and technology which may be used to repress the civilian population of Iran (as specified in Schedule 2 to these Regulations) and on specified goods and technology (as specified in Schedule 3 to these Regulations) which may be used for interception and monitoring services in Iran. A further trade sanction that is imposed by these Regulations is to prohibit the provision of interception and monitoring services to, or for the benefit of, the Government of Iran. Part 6 also imposes trade restrictions on specified goods and technology which may be used by Iran to build and improve their unmanned aerial vehicle systems (as specified in Schedule 4 to these Regulations).

Part 7 of the Regulations prohibits ships owned, controlled, chartered or operated by a designated person, or where they are a specified ship, from entering ports in the United Kingdom. There is a notification and publicity requirement where the specification power is used. The Regulations provide the Secretary of State with a power to control the movement of ships owned, controlled, chartered or operated by a designated person, or specified ships, by requiring them to leave or enter specified ports, proceed to a specified place or remain where they are. The Regulations also confer powers on the Secretary of State and harbour authorities to detain ships owned, controlled, chartered or operated by a designated person, or specified ships, at ports or anchorages. The registration of ships on the UK Ship Register is prohibited where they are owned, controlled, chartered or operated by a designated person, or where they are a specified ship.

Part 8 of the Regulations provides for certain exceptions to this sanctions regime, in particular in relation to financial sanctions (for example to allow for frozen accounts to be credited with interest or other earnings) and also acts done for the purpose of national security or the prevention of serious crime. The Regulations also confer powers on the Secretary of State and the Treasury to issue licences in respect of activities that would otherwise be prohibited under the financial, director disqualification and trade sanctions imposed. Schedule 5 to these Regulations sets out the purposes pursuant to which the Treasury will issue such licences.

Part 9 of the Regulations confers powers for obtaining and disclosing information to enable the effective implementation and enforcement of the sanctions regime, and imposes obligations on various persons to report relevant information to the appropriate (specified) authorities. In Part 10, the Regulations prescribe the mode of trial and penalties that apply to offences under the Regulations. They also provide for the application of similar types of provision in the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979 (c. 2) to certain offences related to trade.

Part 11 of the Regulations confers powers on specified maritime enforcement officers to stop and search ships in international and foreign waters for the purpose of enforcing specified trade sanctions and to seize goods found on board ships which are being, or have been, dealt with in contravention, or deemed contravention, of those prohibitions.

Part 12 of the Regulations contains supplementary provision, including transitional provision for licences issued under previous legislation to continue to have effect and, where the designated person was previously designated under another enactment, for the provisions relating to prior obligations to be read in accordance with the date that the designated person was first designated. Existing designations made under the Iran (Sanctions) (Human Rights) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 are saved and treated as made under regulation 5 of these Regulations.

A full impact assessment has not been produced for the Regulations as no, or no significant, impact is foreseen on the private, voluntary or public sectors in the United Kingdom. A de minimis assessment has been prepared as this instrument is likely to entail some costs for businesses, but the net impact is estimated to be below £10 million per year.

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