The Sanctions (EU Exit) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2026

6 Amendment of the Iran (Sanctions) (Nuclear) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

(1) The Iran (Sanctions) (Nuclear) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 are amended as follows. (2) After regulation 35 (circumventing etc prohibitions), insert— Trade: end-use control 35A (1) This regulation applies where— (a) a United Kingdom person (“P”) has been informed by the Secretary of State that goods or any technology related to the export of the goods (or both) are or may be intended, in their entirety or in part, for export, transfer or use in Iran, or to a person connected with Iran, and (b) the goods or technology in question are subject to Part 5 (Trade) and are not for the time being specified in— (i) Schedule 2 to the Export Control Order 2008, or (ii) Annex 1 of the Dual-Use Regulation. (2) Subject to Part 6 (Exceptions and licences), P shall not— (a) export the goods in question, or (b) transfer the technology in question. (3) In regulation 37ZZB (finance: exceptions relating to payment of Treasury debt), in paragraph (1), in sub-paragraph (a), omit “by the Treasury”. (4) In regulation 47 (“relevant firm”), for “10,000 euros”, in each place it occurs, substitute “£10,000”. (5) Omit regulation 62 (trade offences in CEMA: modification of penalty). (6) In regulation 71 (notices)— (a) after paragraph (3) insert— (3A) The notice may be given to the person by electronic means. ; (b) in paragraph (4) omit “, including by electronic means,”. (7) In regulation 78 (transitional provisions: prior obligations)— (a) for paragraph (1) substitute— (1) Where immediately before 31 January 2020 at 11.00pm— (a) a person was named in Annex IX of the EU Iran Regulation, and (b) the person was a designated person, any reference in a provision mentioned in paragraph (3) to a time when the person was not a designated person is to be read on the basis that the person became a designated person on the date on which the person was named in that Annex. ; (b) in paragraph (3), for sub-paragraph (b) substitute— (b) paragraphs 7A(b)(i), 7B and 10C of Schedule 2 (Treasury licences: purposes). ; (c) in paragraph (5), omit the definition of “the relevant date”. (8) In Schedule 2 (Treasury licences: purposes)— (a) omit paragraph 6 (prior obligations); (b) after paragraph 7A (pre-existing judicial decisions etc.), insert— Prior obligations 7B (1) To enable, by the use of a designated person’s funds or economic resources, the satisfaction of an obligation of that designated person arising under a contract, provided that— (a) the obligation arose at a time when that designated person was not a designated person, (b) the obligation is not related to any of the prohibited items, materials, equipment, goods, technologies, assistance, training, financial assistance, investment, brokering or services referred to in paragraphs 3, 4 or 6 of resolution 1737, (c) no payments are made to another designated person, whether directly or indirectly, and (d) where sub-paragraph (2) applies, the activities contemplated under, and execution of, such obligations are consistent with— (i) the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, and (ii) the provisions of resolutions 1696, 1737, 1747, 1803, 1835, 1929 and 2231. (2) This sub-paragraph applies where the obligation concerned arose at a time when the person concerned ceased to be a designated person pursuant to paragraph 7 of resolution 2231. (3) In this paragraph, “designated person’s funds or economic resources” means funds or economic resources owned, held or controlled by a designated person, including, in particular, a reference to— (a) funds or economic resources in which the designated person has any legal or equitable interest, regardless of whether the interest is held jointly with any other person and regardless of whether any other person holds an interest in the funds or economic resources; (b) any tangible property (other than real property), or bearer security, that is comprised in funds or economic resources and is in the possession of the designated person. (4) In this paragraph “that designated person” means— (a) the designated person whose funds or economic resources are to be used (“U”), or (b) any other designated person that within the meaning of regulation 7— (i) U owns or controls directly or indirectly, (ii) U is owned or controlled directly or indirectly by, or (iii) is owned or controlled directly or indirectly by the same designated person that owns or controls directly or indirectly U. ; (c) after paragraph 10B (judicial decisions etc.), insert— Prior obligations 10C To enable the satisfaction of an obligation of a designated person (whether arising under a contract, other agreement or otherwise), provided that— (a) the obligation arose at a time when the person was not a designated person, and (b) no payments are made to a designated person, whether directly or indirectly. ; (d) in paragraph 11 (interpretation), for sub-paragraph (3), substitute— (3) When determining for the purposes of paragraph 7A, 7B or 10C when C was a designated person, C is to be treated as having been a designated person at the same time as P.