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# The Syria (Sanctions) (Overseas Territories) (Amendment) Order 2024

## Title and introductory text {#prelims}

2024 No. 986
OVERSEAS TERRITORIES
SANCTIONS
The Syria (Sanctions) (Overseas Territories) (Amendment) Order 2024
Made
2nd October 2024
Coming into force
3rd October 2024
At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 2nd day of October 2024
Present,
The King's Most Excellent Majesty in Council
His Majesty, in pursuance of sections 63(3)(c) and (4) of the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018, is pleased, by and with the advice of His Privy Council, to order as follows:

## 1 Citation, commencement and extent {#article-1}

(1) This Order may be cited as the Syria (Sanctions) (Overseas Territories) (Amendment) Order 2024 and comes into force on 3rd October 2024.
(2) This Order extends to each British overseas territory listed in the Schedule.

## 2 Amendment of the Syria (Sanctions) (Overseas Territories) Order 2020 {#article-2}

Schedule 2 (modifications to be made in the extension of the Syria (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 to each British overseas territory listed in Schedule 1) to the Syria (Sanctions) (Overseas Territories) Order 2020, is amended as follows.

## 3 {#article-3}

In paragraph 34 (regulation 57: exceptions relating to petroleum products)—
(a) omit sub-paragraph (a);
(b) in sub-paragraph (b), for “Secretary of State” substitute “Treasury”;
(c) after sub-paragraph (b) insert—
(ba) in paragraph (5A)(c), for “the British Red Cross” substitute “any branch of the British Red Cross in the Territory”;
;
(d) in sub-paragraph (c), for “for the definition of” until the end, substitute “in paragraph (a) of the definition of “relevant person”, after “of the Government of the United Kingdom” insert “or of the Territory”.”.

## 4 {#article-4}

In paragraph 56 (regulation 79: penalties for offences) in the substituted text—
(a) in paragraphs (5) and (10) omit “57(6) (exceptions relating to petroleum products),”;
(b) in paragraphs (7) and (12) after “regulation 74A (trade: information offences)” insert “or 57(6) (exceptions relating to petroleum products: notification requirement)”.

## Schedule British overseas territories {#schedule}

Article 1(2)
Anguilla
British Antarctic Territory
British Indian Ocean Territory
Cayman Islands
Falkland Islands
Montserrat
Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands
St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
The Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia in the Island of Cyprus
Turks and Caicos Islands
Virgin Islands