- a provision of retained EU sanctions law
means a provision of retained EU law which corresponds to any provision that by virtue of any of sections 3 and 5 to 7 could be made by regulations under section 1 in relation to designated persons.
- a publicly accessible register of the beneficial ownership of companies
means a register which, in the opinion of the Secretary of State, provides information broadly equivalent to that available in accordance with the provisions of Part 21A of the Companies Act 2006.
- a register of beneficial owners of overseas entities
means a public register—
- a relevant designation
means a designation made under a designation power contained in regulations under section 1;
- a ship specification
means a specification of a ship made under a power contained in regulations under section 1 by virtue of section 14;
- act
includes an omission.
- aircraft
includes unmanned aircraft and aircraft capable of spaceflight activities;
- airport
means the aggregate of the land, buildings and works comprised in an aerodrome within the meaning of the Civil Aviation Act 1982 (see section 105(1) of that Act);
- an involved person
means a person who—
- another enactment
means any provision of or made under an Act, other than a provision of the regulations to which the report relates.
- appropriate authority
means—
- arrangements
includes any agreement, understanding, scheme, transaction or series of transactions (whether or not legally enforceable);
- British Overseas Territories
means a territory listed in Schedule 6 of the British Nationality Act 1981.
- British ship
means a ship which—
- British-controlled aircraft
has the same meaning as in section 92 of the Civil Aviation Act 1982;
- CEMA
means the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979;
- conduct
means an act or omission;
- corrective direction
means a direction given in respect of a person and a list following the giving of a direction under section 34(3)(a) in respect of that person and list;
- country
includes any territory, region or other place;
- designated persons
means—
- designation power
has the meaning given by section 10(1);
- disqualified aircraft
means aircraft—
- disqualified ships
means ships—
- economic resources
has the meaning given by section 60(2);
- enactment
includes an enactment mentioned in any of paragraphs (a) to (d) of section 54(6);
- enforcement partners
means bodies with which supervisory authorities enter into arrangements for the purposes of the enforcement of regulations under section 49;
- Excluded person
means— a a person named by or under, or of a description specified in, an instrument falling within subsection (5), or b a person who under regulations under section 1 of the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018 is an excluded person for the purposes of this section (see section 4 of that Act).”
- export
means export from the United Kingdom,
- financial products
has the meaning given by section 61(3);
- financial services
has the meaning given by section 61(1);
- financial trading
means trading for own account or for account of customers, whether on an investment exchange, in an over-the- counter market or otherwise, in financial products.
- foreign ship
means a ship which— (a) is registered in a State other than the United Kingdom, or (b) is not so registered but is entitled to fly the flag of a State other than the United Kingdom;
- foreign waters
means the sea and other waters within the seaward limits of the territorial sea adjacent to any relevant British possession or State other than the United Kingdom;
- funds
has the meaning given by section 60(1);
- goods
has the same meaning as in sections 19 and 20 (see subsections (13) of those sections);
- harbour authority
has the same meaning as in the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 (see section 313(1) of that Act);
- immigration claim
means any representation made by a person to an appropriate Minister which—
- immigration designation
means a designation of a person (whether by name or by description) which—
- import
means import into the United Kingdom, but
- international obligation
has the meaning given by section 1(8);
- international waters
means waters beyond the territorial sea of the United Kingdom or of any other State or relevant British possession;
- investigatory powers
includes powers of entry, search, inspection, seizure of documents or information and retention of documents or information.
- master
includes every person (except a pilot) having command or charge of a ship and, in relation to a fishing vessel, means the skipper;
- money laundering
has the meaning given by section 49;
- Money Laundering Regulations 2017
means the Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Transfer of Funds (Information on the Payer) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/692);
- non-UN regulations
means any regulations under section 1 which are not UN regulations.
- objects of cultural interest
includes objects of historical or scientific interest;
- organisation
includes any body, association or combination of persons.
- oversight body
means a body on which functions are conferred under paragraph 8(1);
- person
has the meaning given by section 9(5);
- place
includes—
- primary legislation
means—
- prohibited goods
has the same meaning as in section 19 (see subsection (13) of that section);
- property
has the meaning given by section 436 of the Insolvency Act 1986.
- registration
means registration in the register of British ships maintained by the Registrar;
- regulations
means regulations under section 1.
- related rules of court
means rules of court that— (a) are contained in the same instrument as the rules mentioned in subsection (3) or (as the case may be) (4), and (b) relate specifically to the same kind of proceedings as those rules, • “rules of court” means rules for regulating the practice and procedure to be followed in the High Court or the Court of Appeal.
- relevant British possession
means— (a) any of the Channel Islands, (b) the Isle of Man, or (c) any British overseas territory;
- relevant business
means business of a kind which entails risks relating to money laundering, terrorist financing or other threats to the integrity of the financial system;
- relevant claim
means a claim made by (as the case may be)— (a) a person designated by the designation, (b) a person affected by the ship specification, or (c) the person in respect of whom the direction under section 34(3)(a) was given, which arises from any matter relating to the designation, ship specification or direction.
- relevant designation
has the meaning given by section 22(1).
- relevant goods
means goods in relation to which relevant non-UK conduct is occurring or has occurred;
- relevant money laundering Regulations
means—
- relevant non-UK conduct
means conduct outside the United Kingdom by a person other than a United Kingdom person that would constitute a contravention of a relevant prohibition or requirement if the conduct had been— (a) in the United Kingdom, or (b) by a United Kingdom person;
- relevant person
means a person on whom requirements are imposed under paragraph 3;
- relevant prohibition or requirement
has the same meaning as in section 19 (see subsection (3) of that section);
- relevant regulations
means regulations under section 49 which create any offence for the purposes of the enforcement of any requirements imposed by or under regulations under section 49.
- relevant time
means a time when no provision of regulations under section 1 has been made the purpose (or a purpose) of which is compliance with the United Kingdom's obligation to take the measures in question.
- requirements
includes prohibitions;
- rules of court
means rules for regulating the practice and procedure to be followed in the High Court or the Court of Appeal.
- sanctions regulations
means regulations which do one or more of the following—
- ship
includes every description of vessel (including a hovercraft) used in navigation;
- ship without nationality
means a ship which— (a) is not registered in, or otherwise entitled to fly the flag of, any State or relevant British possession, or (b) sails under the flags of two or more States or relevant British possessions, or under the flags of a State and relevant British possession, using them according to convenience.
- specified
means specified in the suspending regulations.
- specified ship
has the meaning given by section 14;
- specified ships
means ships (within the meaning of that provision) specified under any power contained in the regulations that authorises an appropriate Minister to specify ships for the purposes of the regulations or of any provisions of the regulations.
- statement of reasons
means a brief statement of the matters that the Minister knows, or has reasonable grounds to suspect, in relation to persons of the specified description —
- supervisory authority
means the Financial Conduct Authority, the Commissioners for Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs or any other body on which functions are conferred under paragraph 7(1);
- supplemental provision
includes any provision authorised by any other provision of this Act to be made by regulations under this section (see in particular sections 9 to 17, 19 to 21 and 54).
- technology
means information (including information comprised in software) that is capable of use in connection with— (a) the development, production or use of any goods or software, or (b) the development of, or the carrying out of, an industrial or commercial activity or an activity of any other kind whatsoever;
- terrorism
has the same meaning as in the Terrorism Act 2000 (see section 1(1) to (4) of that Act);
- terrorist financing
means an act which constitutes an offence under— (a) section 15 (fund-raising), 16 (use and possession), 17 (funding arrangements), 18 (money laundering) or 63 (terrorist finance: jurisdiction) of the Terrorism Act 2000, (b) paragraph 7(2) or (3) of Schedule 3 (freezing orders: offences) to the Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001, (ba) any of regulations 8 to 13 of the ISIL (Da'esh) and Al-Qaida (United Nations Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/466), (c) any of regulations 11 to 16 of the Counter-Terrorism (International Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/573), or (ca) any of regulations 11 to 16 of the Counter-Terrorism (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/577).
- The appropriate person
means—
- the CAA
means the Civil Aviation Authority;
- the decision concerned
means—
- the designated person
means the person named by the designation or, where the designation is of persons of a specified description, any person of that description;
- the Minister
has the meaning given by section 22(1);
- the Registrar
means the Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen or, where functions of that person are being discharged by another person, that other person;
- the regulations
means the regulations mentioned in section 3, 3A, 4, 5(1), 6, 7 or 8 (as the case may be).
- the relevant UN-named persons
means each such person.
- the required conditions
means the conditions of the provision included in the regulations under section 14(6).
- the required time
means the same time as the draft of the statutory instrument containing the regulations is laid before Parliament.
- the Security Council
means the Security Council of the United Nations;
- the territorial sea
(without more) means the territorial sea adjacent to the United Kingdom;
- United Kingdom person
means—