The Burma (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

Made: 29th January 2019

Laid before Parliament: 31st January 2019

Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1(2)

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PART 1 — General

Citation and commencement

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Interpretation

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Application of prohibitions and requirements outside the United Kingdom

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Purposes

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PART 2 — Designation of persons

Power to designate persons

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Designation criteria

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Meaning of “owned or controlled directly or indirectly”

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Notification and publicity where designation power used

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Confidential information in certain cases where designation power used

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PART 3 — Finance

Meaning of “designated person” in Part 3

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Asset-freeze in relation to designated persons

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Making funds available to designated person

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Making funds available for benefit of designated person

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Making economic resources available to designated person

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Making economic resources available for benefit of designated person

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Circumventing etc prohibitions

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PART 4 — Immigration

Immigration

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PART 5 — Trade

CHAPTER 1 — Interpretation

Definition of “restricted goods” and “restricted technology”

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Definitions relating to “restricted goods” and “restricted technology”

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Definition of “interception and monitoring services”

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Interpretation of other expressions used in this Part

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CHAPTER 2 — Restricted goods and restricted technology

Export of restricted goods

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Supply and delivery of restricted goods

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Making restricted goods and restricted technology available

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Transfer of restricted technology

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Technical assistance relating to restricted goods and restricted technology

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Financial services and funds relating to restricted goods and restricted technology

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Brokering services: non-UK activity relating to restricted goods and restricted technology

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CHAPTER 3 — Interception and monitoring services

Provision of interception and monitoring services

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CHAPTER 4 — Military activities etc.

Provision of military-related services

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CHAPTER 5 — Further provision

Circumventing etc prohibitions

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Defences

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PART 6 — Exceptions and licences

Finance: exceptions from prohibitions

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Exception for acts done for purposes of national security or prevention of serious crime

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Treasury licences

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Trade licences

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Licences: general provisions

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Finance: licensing offences

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Trade: licensing offences

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Section 8B(1) to (3) of Immigration Act 1971: directions

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PART 7 — Information and records

Finance: reporting obligations

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“Relevant firm”

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Finance: powers to request information

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Finance: production of documents

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Finance: information offences

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Trade: application of information powers in CEMA

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General trade licences: records

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General trade licences: inspection of records

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Disclosure of information

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Part 7: supplementary

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PART 8 — Enforcement

Penalties for offences

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Liability of officers of bodies corporate etc

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Jurisdiction to try offences

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Procedure for offences by unincorporated bodies

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Time limit for proceedings for summary offences

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Trade enforcement: application of CEMA

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Trade offences in CEMA: modification of penalty

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Application of Chapter 1 of Part 2 of Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005

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Monetary penalties

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PART 9 — Maritime enforcement

Exercise of maritime enforcement powers

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Maritime enforcement officers

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Power to stop, board, search etc

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Seizure power

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Restrictions on exercise of maritime enforcement powers

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Interpretation of Part 9

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PART 10 — Supplementary and final provision

Notices

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Article 20 of the Export Control Order 2008

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Trade: overlapping offences

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Revocation of the Burma Council Regulation

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Other revocations

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Transitional provision: Treasury licences

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Transitional provision: trade licences

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Transitional provision: pending applications for trade licences

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Transitional Provisions: prior obligations

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SCHEDULE 1 — Rules for interpretation of regulation 7(2)

Application of Schedule

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Joint interests

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Joint arrangements

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Calculating shareholdings

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Voting rights

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Rights to appoint or remove members of the board

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Shares or rights held “indirectly”

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Shares held by nominees

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Rights treated as held by person who controls their exercise

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Rights exercisable only in certain circumstances etc

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Rights attached to shares held by way of security

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SCHEDULE 2 — List of internal repression goods and internal repression technology

Firearms and related goods

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Vehicles

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Explosive substances and related goods

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Other goods

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Production equipment

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Software and technology

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Interpretation

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SCHEDULE 3 — List of interception and monitoring goods and interception and monitoring technology

Interception and monitoring equipment

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Other software and other technology

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Interpretation

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Acronyms and abbreviations used in this Schedule

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SCHEDULE 4 — Treasury licences: purposes

Interpretation

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Basic needs

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Legal services

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Maintenance of frozen funds and economic resources

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Extraordinary expenses

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Pre-existing judicial decisions etc

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Diplomatic missions

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Extraordinary situation

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Prior obligations

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Signed

Alan Duncan — Minister of State — 2019-01-29

Explanatory note

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Footnotes

[^f00001]: The power to make regulations under Part 1 of the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018 is conferred on an “appropriate Minister”. Section 1(9)(a) of the Act defines an “appropriate Minister” as including the Secretary of State.

[^f00002]: 2018 c.13.

[^f00003]: 1979 c.2. Amendments have been made to this Act and are cited, where relevant, in respect of the applicable regulations.

[^f00004]: OJ L 121 3.5.2013, p. 1.

[^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 the Act, section 59 and Schedule 3, Part 1.

[^f00006]: S.I. 2008/3231. Schedule 2 was substituted by S.I. 2017/85 and subsequently amended by S.I. 2017/697; S.I. 2018/165; and S.I. 2018/939. There are other instruments which amend other parts of the Order, which are not relevant to these Regulations.

[^f00007]: 2006 c.36.

[^f00008]: 2000 c.8. Section 142D was inserted by the Financial Services (Banking Reform) Act 2013 (c.33), section 4(1).

[^f00009]: Section 142A was inserted by the Financial Services (Banking Reform) Act 2013, section 4(1).

[^f00010]: Part 4A was inserted by the Financial Services Act 2012 (c.21), section 11(2) and amended by S.I. 2018/135.

[^f00011]: Section 22 was amended by the Financial Guidance and Claims Act 2018 (c.10), section 27(4); the Financial Services Act 2012, section 7(1); and S.I. 2018/135.

[^f00012]: S.I. 2001/544, as most recently amended by S.I. 2018/1288 and prospectively amended by S.I. 2018/1403.

[^f00013]: Schedule 2 was amended by the Regulation of Financial Services (Land Transactions) Act 2003 (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; and S.I. 2013/1881; and it is prospectively amended by S.I. 2018/135.

[^f00014]: 2006 c.46.

[^f00015]: 2014 c.2.

[^f00016]: 2005 c.19.