The Global Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law Sanctions Regulations 2026

[^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 that Act defines an “appropriate Minister” as including the Secretary of State.

[^f00002]: 2018 c. 13. Section 17(5)(b)(i) (enforcement) is amended by the Sentencing Act 2020 (c. 17), Schedule 24, paragraph 443(1). Sections 1, 11 and 16 are amended by the Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act 2022 (c. 10), sections 57, 58, 59 and 65. Section 3A and 15(3A) and (3B) were inserted by the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (c. 56), section 35(3) and is in force only for the limited purpose of conferring power to make regulations.

[^f00003]: 1986 c. 46. Section 11A was inserted the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023, section 36.

[^f00004]: S.I. 2002/3150 (N.I. 4). Article 15A was inserted by the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023, section 38.

[^f00005]: 1971 c. 77. Section 8B was inserted by the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 (c. 33), section 8, and amended by the Immigration Act 2016 (c. 19), section 76, and by the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018, section 59 and Part 1 of Schedule 3.

[^f00006]: 2000 c. 8. Section 142D was inserted by the Financial Services (Banking Reform) Act 2013 (c. 33), section 4(1).

[^f00007]: Section 142A was inserted by the Financial Services (Banking Reform) Act 2013 (c. 33), section 4(1).

[^f00008]: Part 4A was inserted by the Financial Services Act 2012 (c. 21), section 11 (2) and most recently amended by the Financial Services Act 2021 (c. 22), section 28 and Schedule 11, paragraphs 2 and 3; the Financial Services and Markets Act 2023 (c. 29), sections 20 (3) and 86, Schedule 5, paragraphs 4 to 12 and Schedule 8, paragraph 4; S.I. 2021/1376; S.I. 2023/612; S.I. 2023/1410; and S.I. 2023/1424.

[^f00009]: Section 22 was amended by the Financial Services Act 2012, section 7(1); the Financial Guidance and Claims Act 2018 (c. 10), section 27(4); the Financial Services and Markets Act 2023 (c. 29), section 69(3); S.I. 2013/113; S.I. 2018/135 and S.I. 2023/779.

[^f00010]: S.I. 2001/544 as most recently amended by S.I. 2021/494; S.I. 2021/90; S.I. 2022/466; S.I. 2022/582; S.I. 2022/726; S.I. 2023/1411; S.I. 2024/105; and S.I. 2024/169.

[^f00011]: 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 (c. 10), section 27(13); S.I. 2013/1881; S.I. 2018/135; and S.I. 2019/632.

[^f00012]: 2000 c. 8; section 213 was amended by the Banking Act 2009 (c. 1), section 170(2); by the Financial Services Act 2012 (c. 21), section 122(3) and Schedules 2, 8 and 10; S.I. 2017/701; S.I. 2018/1149; S.I. 2022/466.

[^f00013]: A company registered in England and Wales with number 02486368.

[^f00014]: 2006 asp 17.

[^f00015]: 2018 c. 13; section 54(6)(e) was amended by S.I. 2023/1424.

[^f00016]: S.I. 2024/105.

[^f00017]: Section 79 was amended by the Financial Services Act 2012, section 16(2) and (3)(a); and by S.I. 2005/1433 and 2024/105.

[^f00018]: Section 81 was amended by the Financial Services Act 2012, section 16(2) and (3)(a).

[^f00019]: 1988 c. 41.

[^f00020]: S.I. 1977/2157 (N.I. 28). Section 1(4) of the Departments Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (c. 5) renamed the Department of Finance and Personnel (as referenced in the 1977 Order) the Department of Finance.

[^f00021]: 1975 c. 30.

[^f00022]: 1988 c. 41.

[^f00023]: 1992 c. 14.

[^f00024]: 2003 c. 26.

[^f00025]: 2009 c. 7.

[^f00026]: 2013 c. 5 (N.I.).

[^f00027]: 2006 c. 46.

[^f00028]: 1994 c. 39; section 2 was amended by the Environment Act 1995 (c. 25), paragraph 232(1) of Schedule 22.

[^f00029]: Section 89P was inserted by the Financial Services Act 2012, section 19(1).

[^f00030]: Section 212 was amended by the Financial Services Act 2012, Schedule 10, paragraph 2, the Financial Services (Banking Reform) Act 2013 (c. 33), section 16 and the Financial Services and Markets Act 2023, section 62(2).

[^f00031]: Section 88 was amended by the Financial Services Act 2012, section 16(2) and 16(3).

[^f00032]: 2006 c. 46.

[^f00033]: 2014 c. 2.

[^f00034]: 2005 c. 19.

[^f00035]: 1979 c. 38. Section 1 was amended by the Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1985 (c. 73), paragraph 40 of Schedule 1; the Planning (Consequential Provisions) Act 1990 (c. 11), paragraph 42 of Schedule 2; the Planning (Consequential Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1997 (c. 11), paragraph 28 of Schedule 2; the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (c. 24), section 70; S.I. 2000/121; and S.I. 2001/1281.

[^f00036]: S.I. 2017/692; relevant amendments were made by S.I. 2019/1511 and 2020/991.

[^f00037]: 1994 c. 23; section 21(6) was originally inserted by the Finance Act 1995 (c. 4); subsections (6) to (6B) were inserted by the Finance Act 1999 (c. 16), section 12(2).

[^f00038]: 1986 c. 45; section 388 was amended by the Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 1993 (c. 6), section 11(1); by the Insolvency Act 2000 (c. 39), section 4(2); by the Deregulation Act 2015 (c. 20), Schedule 6, paragraph 2(11)(f); by the Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 (c. 12), Schedule 3, paragraph 21; and by S.I. 1994/2421, 2002/1240, 2002/2708, 2009/1941, 2016/1034 and 2019/146.

[^f00039]: S.I. 1989/2405 (N.I. 19). Article 3 was amended by the Insolvency (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (c. 2) (N.I.), Schedule 4 by the Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 (c. 12), Schedule 7, paragraph 4; by S.R. 1995 No. 225, and and; by S.I. 2002/3152 (N.I. 6); and by S.I. 2009/1941 and 2019/146.

[^f00040]: Section 1210 was amended by S.I. 2008/565; S.I. 2008/567; S.I. 2008/1950; S.I. 2011/99; S.I. 2012/1809; S.I. 2013/3115; S.I. 2017/516; S.I. 2017/1164; and S.I. 2019/177.

[^f00041]: 2017 c. 3. Section 146 was amended by the Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act 2022 (c. 10), section 54.

[^f00042]: Section 1(8) of the Act defines an “international obligation” as an obligation of the United Kingdom created or arising by or under any international agreement.

[^f00043]: “Sanctions regulations” has the meaning given in section 1(5) of the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018; section 1(5) was amended by the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023, section 35(2).

[^f00044]: 2000 c. 22.

[^f00045]: 1994 c. 39. Section 2 has been amended by the Environment Act 1995 (c. 25), Schedule 22, paragraph 232.

[^f00046]: 2016 c. 25. Amendments have been made most recently by the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018, section 59(4), Schedule 3, paragraph 7; the Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Act 2019 (c. 3), Schedule 4, paragraph 33; the Crime (Overseas Production Orders) Act 2019 (c. 5), section 16; the Armed Forces Act 2021, (c. 35), section 24(1) and Schedule 5, paragraphs 44 and 45 and Schedule 4, paragraph 2; the Finance (No. 2) Act 2023 (c. 30), section 352; the National Security Act 2023 (c. 32), Schedule 18, paragraph 10; the Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023 (c. 41), Schedule 13, paragraph 9; S.I. 2018/378; S.I. 2018/652; S.I. 2018/905; S.I. 2018/1123; S.I. 2019/419; S.I. 2019/742; S.I. 2019/939; S.I. 2020/661; S.I. 2020/360; S.I. 2020/792; S.I. 2023/149; S.I. 2023/621; and S.I. 2024/514.

[^f00047]: 2018 c. 12. There are amendments to this Act that are not relevant to these Regulations.

[^f00048]: 1995 c. 46.

[^f00049]: 1925 c. 86as amended by the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004 (c. 14), section 1(1) and Schedule 1, Part 17. Other amendments have been made to section 33 that are not relevant to these Regulations.

[^f00050]: 1980 c. 43. Amendments have been made to Schedule 3 that are not relevant to these Regulations.

[^f00051]: 1945 c. 15 (N.I.).

[^f00052]: S.I. 1981/1675 (N.I. 26).

[^f00053]: 1995 c. 46.

[^f00054]: 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; the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (c. 56), section 206; S.I. 2006/1629; S.I. 2014/834; and S.I. 2023/149.

[^f00055]: S.I. 2020/680.

[^f00056]: United Nations Treaty Series, vol. 596, p. 261.

[^f00057]: United Nations Treaty Series, vol. 500, p. 95.

[^f00058]: 1986 c. 45; Part A1 was inserted by the Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020, section 1(1).

[^f00059]: S.I. 1989/2405 (N.I. 19); Part 1A was inserted by the Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020, section 4(1).

[^f00060]: Section 92A was inserted by the Legislative Reform (Insolvency) (Miscellaneous Provisions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/18), article 6 and amended by the Public Services Reform (Insolvency) (Scotland) Order 2016 (S.S.I. 2016/141), articles 1(2) to (4) and 5(1)(a) and (b) and the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015, section 164; section 93 was repealed by the Public Services Reform (Corporate Insolvency and Bankruptcy) (Scotland) Order 2017 (S.S.I. 2017/209), articles 1(2) and 8(3); section 94 was substituted for specific purposes in England and Wales by the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015, section 164(1) and Schedule 9, paragraph 18; section 95 was amended by the Legislative Reform (Insolvency) (Miscellaneous Provisions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/18), article 5(2)(a) and (b), in relation to England and Wales by the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 (c. 26), section 164(1) and Schedule 9, paragraphs 19(2), (3), (4) and (5), and in relation to Scotland by the Public Services Reform (Insolvency) (Scotland) Order 2016, articles 1(2) to (4) and 8(a) to (c); Section 96 was substituted and amended for specific purposes in England and Wales by the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015, section 164(1) and Schedule 9, paragraph 20(1) and (2).

[^f00061]: Article 80(3A) and (3B) was omitted by virtue of the Insolvency (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/146), regulation 1(2).

[^f00062]: Part 26A was inserted by the Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020, Schedule 9, paragraph 1.

[^f00063]: 2016 asp 21.

[^f00064]: Section 367 was amended by the Financial Services Act 2012, Schedule 14, paragraph 14; by the Financial Services and Markets Act 2023 (c. 29), section 1(1), Schedule 1, Part 4 (to be appointed); and by S.I. 2015/575. Sections 377A to 377J were inserted by the Financial Services and Markets Act 2023, Schedule 12, paragraph 1(4). Schedule 19C was inserted by the Financial Services and Markets Act 2023, Schedule 13, paragraph 1(3).

[^f00065]: S.I. 2005/1998.

[^f00066]: 2009 c. 1.

[^f00067]: A “building society” is defined in section 119(1) of the Building Societies Act 1986 (c. 53).

[^f00068]: 1986 c. 53. Section 90C was inserted by S.I. 2009/805.

[^f00069]: S.I. 2011/245.

[^f00070]: 2013 c. 33.

[^f00071]: S.I. 2021/716.

[^f00072]: Schedule B1 was inserted by the Enterprise Act 2002 (c. 40), Schedule 16.

[^f00073]: Schedule B1 was inserted by S.I. 2005/1455 (N.I. 10).