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The Iran (Sanctions) Regulations 2023

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Contents: 121 provisions
  1. Title and introductory text
  2. 1 Citation, commencement and extent
  3. 2 Interpretation
  4. 3 Application of prohibitions and requirements outside the United Kingdom
  5. 4 Purposes
  6. 5 Power to designate persons
  7. 6 Conditions for the designation of persons by name
  8. 7 Conditions for the designation of persons by description
  9. 8 Designation criteria: meaning of “involved person”
  10. 9 Meaning of “owned or controlled directly or indirectly”
  11. 10 Notification and publicity where power to designate by name is used
  12. 11 Confidential information in certain cases where power to designate by name is used
  13. 12 Notification and publicity where power to designate by description is used
  14. 13 Confidential information in certain cases where power to designate by description is used
  15. 14 Meaning of “designated person” in Part 3
  16. 15 Asset-freeze in relation to designated persons
  17. 16 Making funds available to designated persons
  18. 17 Making funds available for benefit of designated persons
  19. 18 Making economic resources available to designated persons
  20. 19 Making economic resources available for benefit of designated persons
  21. 20 Circumventing etc. prohibitions
  22. 21 Director disqualification sanctions
  23. 22 Immigration
  24. 23 Definition of “restricted goods” and “restricted technology”
  25. 24 Definition of “internal repression goods” and “internal repression technology”
  26. 25 Definition of “interception and monitoring goods” and “interception and monitoring technology”
  27. 26 Definition of “interception and monitoring services”
  28. 27 Interpretation of other expressions used in this Part
  29. 28 Export of restricted goods
  30. 29 Supply and delivery of restricted goods
  31. 30 Making restricted goods and restricted technology available
  32. 31 Transfer of restricted technology
  33. 32 Technical assistance relating to restricted goods and restricted technology
  34. 33 Financial services and funds relating to restricted goods and restricted technology
  35. 34 Brokering services: non-UK activity relating to restricted goods and restricted technology
  36. 35 Provision of interception and monitoring services
  37. 36 Interpretation
  38. 37 Export of goods of strategic concern
  39. 38 Supply and delivery of goods of strategic concern
  40. 39 Making goods of strategic concern and technology of strategic concern available
  41. 40 Transfer of technology of strategic concern
  42. 41 Technical assistance relating to goods of strategic concern and technology of strategic concern
  43. 42 Financial services and funds relating to goods of strategic concern and technology of strategic concern
  44. 43 Brokering services: non-UK activity relating to goods of strategic concern and technology of strategic concern
  45. 43A Interpretation of this Chapter
  46. 43B Technical assistance relating to ships
  47. 43C Provision of services relating to specified ships
  48. 43D Procurement of services relating to specified ships
  49. 44 Circumventing etc. prohibitions
  50. 44A Trade: end-use control
  51. 45 Defences
  52. 45A Prohibition on chartering or operating specified ships
  53. 46 Prohibition on port entry
  54. 47 Directions prohibiting port entry
  55. 48 Movement of ships
  56. 49 Detention of ships
  57. 50 Registration of ships in the United Kingdom
  58. 51 Specification of ships
  59. 52 Notification and publicity where specification power used
  60. 53 Directions under this Part: general
  61. 54 Interpretation of Part 7
  62. 55 Finance: exceptions from prohibitions
  63. 55A Finance: exception from prohibitions for required payments
  64. 56 Trade: exception for emergencies in certain cases
  65. 56A Trade: exceptions in relation to personal effects etc.
  66. 56B Trade: exceptions from prohibitions on services provided or procured relating to specified ships
  67. 56C Ships: exceptions from prohibition on operating specified ships
  68. 57 Ships: exceptions from prohibition on port entry
  69. 58 Exception for authorised conduct in a relevant country
  70. 59 Exception for acts done for purposes of national security or prevention of serious crime
  71. 60 Treasury licences
  72. 61 Director disqualification licences
  73. 62 Trade licences
  74. 62B Ships licences
  75. 63 Licences: general provisions
  76. 64 Finance: licensing offences
  77. 65 Director disqualification: licensing offences
  78. 66 Trade: licensing offences
  79. 66A Ships: licensing offences
  80. 67 Section 8B(1) to (3) of Immigration Act 1971: directions
  81. 68 Finance: reporting obligations
  82. 68A Finance: reporting obligations for required payments
  83. 69 “Relevant firm”
  84. 70 Finance: powers to request information
  85. 71 Finance: production of documents
  86. 72 Finance: information offences
  87. 73 Trade: application of information powers in CEMA
  88. 74 General trade licences: records
  89. 75 General trade licences: inspection of records
  90. 76 Disclosure of information
  91. 77 Finance: disclosure to the Treasury
  92. 78 Part 9: supplementary
  93. 79 Penalties for offences
  94. 80 Liability of officers of bodies corporate etc.
  95. 81 Jurisdiction to try offences
  96. 82 Procedure for offences by unincorporated bodies
  97. 83 Time limit for proceedings for summary offences
  98. 84 Trade enforcement: application of CEMA
  99. 85 Trade offences in CEMA: modification of penalty
  100. 86 Application of Chapter 1 of Part 2 of Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005
  101. 87 Monetary penalties
  102. 88 Exercise of maritime enforcement powers
  103. 89 Maritime enforcement officers
  104. 90 Power to stop, board, search etc.
  105. 91 Seizure power
  106. 92 Restrictions on exercise of maritime enforcement powers
  107. 93 Interpretation of Part 11
  108. 94 Notices
  109. 94A Article 20 of the Export Control Order 2008
  110. 95 Trade: overlapping offences
  111. 96 Revocation of the Iran (Sanctions) (Human Rights) (EU Exit) Regulations
  112. 97 Savings
  113. 98 Transitional provision: Treasury licences
  114. 99 Transitional provision: trade licences
  115. 100 Transitional provisions: prior obligations
  116. 101 Interpretation of Part 12
  117. SCHEDULE 1 Rules for interpretation of regulation 9(2)
  118. SCHEDULE 2 Internal repression goods and internal repression technology
  119. SCHEDULE 3 Interception and monitoring goods and interception and monitoring technology
  120. Schedule 4 Goods of strategic concern and technology of strategic concern
  121. SCHEDULE 5 Treasury licences: purposes

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SCHEDULE 5 Treasury licences: purposes

Regulation 60 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 1963, 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 .... (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. 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 the satisfaction of an obligation of a designated 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. Insolvency 13 (1) To enable anything to be done in connection with— (a) any insolvency and restructuring proceedings relating to an insolvent person, (b) any other relevant proceedings relating to a person other than an individual, or (c) proceedings under the insolvency law of a country other than the United Kingdom that correspond to the proceedings in paragraph (a) or (b), provided that any payments made directly or indirectly to a designated person are credited to a frozen account. (2) In this paragraph— “enactment” has the meaning given in section 54(6) of the Act; “insolvency and restructuring proceedings” includes— the regimes and proceedings set out in Parts A1 to 6 of the Insolvency Act 1986, Parts 1A to 7 of the Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 and so much of Part 1 of that Order as applies for the purposes of those Parts, but excluding— proceedings under Chapter 3 of Part 4 (members’ voluntary winding up) of the Insolvency Act 1986, and proceedings under Chapter 3 of Part 5 (members’ voluntary winding up) of the Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 1989; arrangements and reconstructions under Part 26 of the Companies Act 2006; arrangements and reconstructions for companies in financial difficulty under Part 26A of the Companies Act 2006; the proceedings and arrangements set out in the Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 2016; “insolvent person” means a person (“P”), other than an individual, where— P is unable to pay its debts as they fall due, or the value of P’s assets is less than the amount of its liabilities, taking into account its contingent and prospective liabilities; “other relevant proceedings” means— the regimes and proceedings set out in— sections 367 and 377A to 377J of, or Schedule 19C to, the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000; the Insurers (Reorganisation and Winding Up) (Lloyd’s) Regulations 2005; Parts 1 to 3 of the Banking Act 2009 (including Parts 2 and 3 as applied to building societies by section 90C of the Building Societies Act 1986); the Investment Bank Special Administration Regulations 2011; Part 6 of the Financial Services (Banking Reform) Act 2013; the Payment and Electronic Money Institution Insolvency Regulations 2021; Schedule 11 to the Financial Services and Markets Act 2023; proceedings under any other special administration regime; “special administration regime” means provision made by an enactment for an insolvency procedure that— is similar or corresponds to the ordinary administration procedure provided for by Schedule B1 to the Insolvency Act 1986 or Schedule B1 to the Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 1989, and provides for the administrator to have one or more special objectives instead of or in addition to the objectives of ordinary administration.

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