The Afghanistan (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020

Interpretation

2.  In these Regulations—

“the Act” means the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018;

“arrangement” includes any agreement, understanding, scheme, transaction or series of transactions, whether or not legally enforceable (but see paragraph 12 of Schedule 1 for the meaning of that term in that Schedule);

“CEMA” means the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979(1);

“the Commissioners” means the Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs;

“conduct” includes acts and omissions;

“document” includes information recorded in any form and, in relation to information recorded otherwise than in legible form, references to its production include producing a copy of the information in legible form;

“the Committee” means the Committee of the Security Council established in accordance with paragraph 30 of resolution 1988;

“the 1988 Sanctions List” means the list created pursuant to resolution 1988, and maintained by the Committee;

“resolution 1988” means resolution 1988 (2011) adopted by the Security Council on 17 June 2011;

“resolution 2255” means resolution 2255 (2015) adopted by the Security Council on 21 December 2015;

“Treasury licence” means a licence under regulation 28;

“United Kingdom person” has the same meaning as in section 21 of the Act.

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