In these Regulations—

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

• F3“the Amendment Regulations 2021” means the Republic of Belarus (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) Regulations 2021;

• F7“the Amendment Regulations 2022” means the Republic of Belarus (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) Regulations 2022;

• F7“aircraft licence” means a licence under regulation 33A;

• “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);

• “Belarus” means the Republic of Belarus;

• “CEMA” means the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979 M1;

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

• “conduct” includes acts and omissions;

• F4“consular post” has the same meaning as in the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations done at Vienna on 24 April 1963, and any reference to the functions of a consular post is to be read in accordance with that Convention;

• “diplomatic mission”, and any reference to the functions of a diplomatic mission, are to be read in accordance with the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations done at Vienna on 18 April 1961;

• “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 Dual-Use Regulation” means Council Regulation (EC) No 428/2009 of 5 May 2009 setting up a Community regime for the control of exports, transfer, brokering and transit of dual-use items;

• “the EU Belarus Regulation” means Council Regulation (EC) No 765/2006 of 18 May 2006 concerning restrictive measures in respect of Belarus M2, as it has effect in EU law;

• “the Government of Belarus” includes its public bodies, corporations or agencies, or any person acting on its behalf or at its direction;

• F5“humanitarian assistance activity” includes the work of international and non-governmental organisations carrying out humanitarian and relief activities in Belarus for the benefit of the civilian population of Belarus;

• F9“OFCOM” means the Office of Communications;

• “serious human rights violation or abuse” means a serious violation or abuse of any of the human rights specified in regulation 4;

• “trade licence” means a licence under regulation 33;

• “Treasury licence” means a licence under regulation F632;

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