uksi/2020/680 — The Global Human Rights Sanctions Regulations 2020

2020 No. 680 Sanctions The Global Human Rights Sanctions Regulations 2020 (revoked) Approved by both Houses of Parliament Made 5th July 2020 Laid before Parliament at 11.00 a.m. on 6th July 2020 Coming into force at 1.00 p.m. on 6th July 2020 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PART 1 General Citation and commencement 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Interpretation 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Application of prohibitions and requirements outside the United Kingdom 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Purposes 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PART 2 Designation of persons Power to designate persons 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Conditions for the designation of persons by name 5A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Designation criteria: meaning of “involved person” 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Meaning of “owned or controlled directly or indirectly” 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Notification and publicity where designation power used 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Confidential information in certain cases where designation power used 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PART 3 Finance Meaning of “designated person” in Part 3 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Asset-freeze in relation to designated persons 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Making funds available to designated persons 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Making funds available for benefit of designated person 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Making economic resources available to designated persons 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Making economic resources available for benefit of designated persons 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Circumventing etc. prohibitions 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PART 3A Director disqualification sanctions Director disqualification sanctions 16A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PART 4 Immigration Immigration 17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PART 5 Exceptions and licences Finance: exceptions from prohibitions 18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Finance: exception from prohibitions for required payments 18A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Exception for acts done for purposes of national security or prevention of serious crime 19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Treasury licences 20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Director disqualification licences 20A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Licences: general provisions 20B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Finance: exception for authorised conduct in a relevant country 21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Notices 22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Finance: licensing offences 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Director disqualification: licensing offences 23A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Section 8B(1) to (3) of the Immigration Act 1971: directions 24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PART 6 Information and records Finance: reporting obligations 25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Finance: reporting obligations for required payments 25A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . “Relevant firm” 26 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Finance: powers to request information 27 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Finance: production of documents 28 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Finance: information offences 29 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Disclosure of information 30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Finance: disclosure to the Treasury 30A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Part 6: supplementary 31 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PART 7 Enforcement Penalties for offences 32 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Liability of officers of bodies corporate etc. 33 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jurisdiction to try offences 34 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Procedure for offences by unincorporated bodies 35 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Time limit for proceedings for summary offences 36 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Application of Chapter 1 of Part 2 of the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 37 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SCHEDULES SCHEDULE 1 Rules for interpretation of regulation 7(2) Regulation 7(3) Application of Schedule 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Joint interests 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Joint arrangements 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Calculating shareholdings 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Voting rights 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rights to appoint or remove members of the board 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shares or rights held “indirectly” 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shares held by nominees 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rights treated as held by person who controls their exercise 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rights exercisable only in certain circumstances etc. 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rights attached to shares held by way of security 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SCHEDULE 2 Treasury licences: purposes Regulation 20(3) Interpretation 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Basic needs 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Legal services 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Maintenance of frozen funds and economic resources 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Extraordinary expenses 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Judicial decisions etc. 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Extraordinary situation 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Prior obligations 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Diplomatic missions etc. 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Humanitarian assistance activity 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Insolvency 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .