Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018 (c. 13)

PART 1 U.K. Sanctions regulations

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Pt. 1: power to amend conferred (15.3.2022) by Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act 2022 (c. 10), ss. 66(1)(a), 69(3)

CHAPTER 2 U.K. Review by appropriate Minister, and other reviews

Revocation, variation and review of designations U.K.

22 Power to vary or revoke designation made under regulations U.K.

(1) In this section and section 23—

• “a relevant designation” means a designation made under a designation power contained in regulations under section 1;

• “the Minister”, in relation to a relevant designation, means the appropriate Minister who made that designation.

(2) A relevant designation may at any time be varied or revoked by the Minister.

(3) If at any time the Minister considers that the required conditions are not met in respect of a relevant designation, the Minister must revoke the designation.

(4) In subsection (3) “the required conditions” means—

(a) if the designation is of a named person, the conditions of the provision included in the regulations under section [F1 11] F2 ...,

(b) if the designation is of persons of a specified description, the conditions of the provision included in the regulations under section [F3 12] F4 ....

Textual Amendments

F1 Word in s. 22(4)(a) substituted (15.3.2022) by Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act 2022 (c. 10), ss. 58(7)(a), 69(3)

F2 Words in s. 22(4)(a) omitted (15.3.2022) by virtue of Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act 2022 (c. 10), ss. 58(7)(b), 69(3)

F3 Word in s. 22(4)(b) substituted (15.3.2022) by Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act 2022 (c. 10), ss. 59(10)(a), 69(3)

F4 Words in s. 22(4)(b) omitted (15.3.2022) by virtue of Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act 2022 (c. 10), ss. 59(10)(b), 69(3)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C2 S. 22 extended (British overseas territories) (with modifications) (31.12.2020 immediately after both S.I. 2020/950 and S.I. 2020/1289 have come into force) by The Counter-Terrorism (Sanctions) (Overseas Territories) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/1564), arts. 1(1), 4(a), Sch. 1, Sch. 3; S.I. 2020/1514, regs. 17, 21

Commencement Information

I1 S. 22 in force at 22.11.2018 by S.I. 2018/1213, reg. 2(a)

23 Right to request variation or revocation of designation U.K.

(1) At any time while a relevant designation has effect, the designated person may—

(a) request the Minister to vary the designation, or

(b) request the Minister to revoke the designation.

(2) But where a request under this section has been made in respect of a designation, no further request may be made under this section in respect of that designation unless the grounds on which the further request is made are or include that there is a significant matter which has not previously been considered by the Minister.

(3) On a request under this section the Minister must decide whether to vary or revoke the designation or to take no action with respect to it (but see section 22(3)).

(4) In this section —

• “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);

• “relevant designation” has the meaning given by section 22(1).

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C3 S. 23 extended (British overseas territories) (with modifications) (31.12.2020 immediately after both S.I. 2020/950 and S.I. 2020/1289 have come into force) by The Counter-Terrorism (Sanctions) (Overseas Territories) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/1564), arts. 1(1), 4(b), Sch. 1, Sch. 3; S.I. 2020/1514, regs. 17, 21

Commencement Information

I2 S. 23 in force at 22.11.2018 by S.I. 2018/1213, reg. 2(a)

F5 24 Periodic review of certain designations U.K.

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Textual Amendments

F5 S. 24 omitted (15.3.2022) by virtue of Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act 2022 (c. 10), ss. 62(1)(a), 69(3)

25 Right of UN-named person to request review U.K.

(1) This section applies where—

(a) the purpose, or a purpose, of a provision of regulations under section 1 is compliance with an obligation to take particular measures that the United Kingdom has by virtue of a UN Security Council Resolution (“the Resolution”),

(b) a person is a designated person for the purposes of that provision, and

(c) the person is such a designated person under provision included in the regulations by virtue of section 13 (persons named by or under UN Security Council Resolutions).

(2) The person may request the Secretary of State to use the Secretary of State's best endeavours to secure that the person's name is removed from the relevant UN list.

(3) But where a person has made a request under this section in respect of a designation, that person may make no further request under this section in respect of that designation unless the grounds on which the further request is made are or include that there is a significant matter which has not previously been considered by the Secretary of State.

(4) On a request under this section the Secretary of State must decide whether or not to comply with the request.

(5) For the purposes of this section a person's name is “removed from the relevant UN list” if the person ceases to be named (by the Security Council or a subsidiary organ of the Security Council) for the purposes of the Resolution so far as it provides for the taking of the measures in question.

Commencement Information

I3 S. 25 in force at 22.11.2018 by S.I. 2018/1213, reg. 2(a)