The Syria (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

Regulation 61(2)

SCHEDULE 6 U.K. Treasury licences: purposes

PART 1 U.K. Interpretation

Interpretation U.K.

1.  In this Schedule—

[F1 (1)]  “designated person” has the same meaning as it has in Chapter 1 of Part 3 (Finance);

[F2 “frozen account” has the meaning given in regulation 55(7);]

“frozen funds or economic resources” means funds or economic resources frozen by virtue of regulation 11, and any reference to a person's frozen funds or economic resources is to funds or economic resources frozen as a consequence of the designation of that person for the purpose of that regulation.

[F3 (2) For the purposes of this Schedule, references to a designated person are to be read as including a person (“C”) who is owned or controlled directly or indirectly (within the meaning of regulation 7) by the designated person (“P”).

(3) When determining for the purposes of paragraph 15 when C became a designated person, C is to be treated as having become a designated person at the same time as P.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 6 para. 1 renumbered as Sch. 6 para. 1(1) (5.12.2024) by The Sanctions (EU Exit) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/1157), regs. 1(2), 14(12)(a)(i)

F2 Words in Sch. 6 para. 1(1) inserted (5.12.2024) by The Sanctions (EU Exit) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/1157), regs. 1(2), 14(12)(a)(ii)

F3 Sch. 6 para. 1(2)(3) inserted (5.12.2024) by The Sanctions (EU Exit) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/1157), regs. 1(2), 14(12)(a)(iii)

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 6 para. 1 in force at 31.12.2020 on IP completion day (in accordance with 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)), see reg. 1(3)

PART 2 U.K. Financial sanctions in Chapter 1 of Part 3(asset-freeze etc)

Basic needs U.K.

2.—(1) To enable the basic needs of a designated person, or (in the case of an individual) any dependent family member of such a person, to be met.

(2) In the case of an individual in sub-paragraph (1), “basic needs” includes—

(a) medical needs;

(b) needs for—

(i) food;

(ii) payment of insurance premiums;

(iii) payment of tax;

(iv) rent or mortgage payments;

(v) utility payments.

(3) In the case of a person other than an individual in sub-paragraph (1), “basic needs” includes needs for—

(a) payment of insurance premiums;

(b) payment of reasonable fees for the provision of property management services;

(c) payment of remuneration, allowances or pensions of employees;

(d) payment of tax;

(e) rent or mortgage payments;

(f) utility payments.

(4) In sub-paragraph (1)—

“dependent” means financially dependent;

“family member” includes—

(a)

the wife or husband of the designated person;

(b)

the civil partner of the designated person;

(c)

any parent or other ascendant of the designated person;

(d)

any child or other descendant of the designated person;

(e)

any person who is a brother or sister of the designated person, or a child or other descendant of such a person.

Commencement Information

I2 Sch. 6 para. 2 in force at 31.12.2020 on IP completion day (in accordance with 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)), see reg. 1(3)

Legal services U.K.

3.  To enable the payment of—

(a) reasonable professional fees for the provision of legal services, or

(b) reasonable expenses associated with the provision of legal services.

Commencement Information

I3 Sch. 6 para. 3 in force at 31.12.2020 on IP completion day (in accordance with 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)), see reg. 1(3)

Maintenance of frozen funds and economic resources U.K.

4.  To enable the payment of—

(a) reasonable fees, or

(b) reasonable service charges,

arising from the routine holding or maintenance of frozen funds or economic resources.

Commencement Information

I4 Sch. 6 para. 4 in force at 31.12.2020 on IP completion day (in accordance with 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)), see reg. 1(3)

Extraordinary expenses U.K.

5.  To enable an extraordinary expense of a designated person to be met.

Commencement Information

I5 Sch. 6 para. 5 in force at 31.12.2020 on IP completion day (in accordance with 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)), see reg. 1(3)

[F4 Judicial decisions etc. U.K.

6.   To enable the implementation or satisfaction (in whole or in part) of a judicial, administrative or arbitral decision or lien which is enforceable in the United Kingdom (the “judicial decision”), provided that—

(a) where funds or economic resources are made available to a designated person, they are credited to a frozen account or otherwise frozen by virtue of regulation 11;

(b) where funds or economic resources are made available by a person (including a designated person) to a designated person to enable the implementation or satisfaction of the judicial decision, no other designated person benefits, directly or indirectly.]

Textual Amendments

F4 Sch. 6 para. 6 substituted (5.12.2024) by The Sanctions (EU Exit) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/1157), regs. 1(2), 14(12)(b)

Commencement Information

I6 Sch. 6 para. 6 in force at 31.12.2020 on IP completion day (in accordance with 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)), see reg. 1(3)

Humanitarian assistance activities etc U.K.

7.—(1) To enable anything to be done in connection with the performance of any humanitarian assistance activity.

(2) To enable, by the use of a designated person's frozen funds or economic resources, a payment to be made to the United Nations in connection with the performance of any activity whose purpose is consistent with the Syrian Humanitarian Response Plan.

(3) For the purposes of this paragraph, “the Syrian Humanitarian Response Plan” means the strategy for a humanitarian response in Syria developed by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in accordance with the UN General Assembly Resolution number 46/182, on strengthening of the coordination of humanitarian emergency assistance of the United Nations M1 .

Commencement Information

I7 Sch. 6 para. 7 in force at 31.12.2020 on IP completion day (in accordance with 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)), see reg. 1(3)

Marginal Citations

M1 A copy of which is available from the Humanitarian Response website of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs: https://www.humanitarianresponse.info/en/operations/whole-of-syria.

Diplomatic missions etc U.K.

8.  To enable anything to be done in order that the functions of a diplomatic mission or consular post in Syria, or of an international organisation enjoying immunities in accordance with international law, may be carried out.

Commencement Information

I8 Sch. 6 para. 8 in force at 31.12.2020 on IP completion day (in accordance with 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)), see reg. 1(3)

Human safety or environmental protection U.K.

9.  To enable anything to be done to protect the safety of individuals or for the protection of the environment.

Commencement Information

I9 Sch. 6 para. 9 in force at 31.12.2020 on IP completion day (in accordance with 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)), see reg. 1(3)

Education, professional training or academic research U.K.

10.—(1) To enable, by the transfer of funds or economic resources by or through a designated credit or financial institution, the provision of financial support to an individual who is a national of Syria to pursue an education, professional training or academic research in the United Kingdom, provided that the use of the funds or economic resources does not directly or indirectly benefit a designated person.

(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1), “designated credit or financial institution” means a person, other than an individual, who is designated under regulation 5 for the purposes of regulations 11 to 15 and who—

(a) in the case of an undertaking, by way of business—

(i) operates a currency exchange office,

(ii) transmits money (or any representation of monetary value) by any means, or

(iii) cashes cheques that are made payable to customers, and

(b) in the case of any other person, would satisfy the threshold conditions for permission under Part 4A of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 if it had its registered office (or if it does not have one, its head office) in the United Kingdom.

Commencement Information

I10 Sch. 6 para. 10 in force at 31.12.2020 on IP completion day (in accordance with 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)), see reg. 1(3)

Essential energy needs U.K.

11.  To enable anything to be done in order to meet the essential energy needs of the civilian population in Syria.

Commencement Information

I11 Sch. 6 para. 11 in force at 31.12.2020 on IP completion day (in accordance with 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)), see reg. 1(3)

Evacuations U.K.

12.  To enable anything to be done in order to evacuate an individual from Syria.

Commencement Information

I12 Sch. 6 para. 12 in force at 31.12.2020 on IP completion day (in accordance with 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)), see reg. 1(3)

Chemical Weapons Convention U.K.

F5 13.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F5 Sch. 6 para. 13 omitted (25.4.2025) by virtue of The Syria (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/507), regs. 1(2), 24(z1)(i)

Extraordinary situation U.K.

14.  To enable anything to be done to deal with an extraordinary situation.

Commencement Information

I13 Sch. 6 para. 14 in force at 31.12.2020 on IP completion day (in accordance with 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)), see reg. 1(3)

Prior obligations U.K.

15.  To enable, by the use of a designated person's frozen funds or economic resources, the satisfaction of an obligation of that person (whether arising under a contract, other agreement or otherwise), provided that—

(a) the obligation arose before the date on which the person became a designated person, and

(b) no payments are made to another designated person, whether directly or indirectly.

Commencement Information

I14 Sch. 6 para. 15 in force at 31.12.2020 on IP completion day (in accordance with 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)), see reg. 1(3)

Central and Commercial Banks of Syria U.K.

F6 16.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F6 Sch. 6 para. 16 omitted (25.4.2025) by virtue of The Syria (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/507), regs. 1(2), 24(z1)(ii)

[F7 Insolvency U.K.

16A.— (1) To enable anything to be done in connection with—

(a) any insolvency and restructuring proceedings relating to an insolvent person,

(b) any other relevant proceedings relating to a person other than an individual, or

(c) proceedings under the insolvency law of a country other than the United Kingdom that correspond to the proceedings in paragraph (a) or (b),

provided that any payments made directly or indirectly to a designated person are credited to a frozen account.

(2) In this paragraph—

“enactment” has the meaning given in section 54(6) of the Act;

“insolvency and restructuring proceedings” includes—

(a)

the regimes and proceedings set out in Parts A1 to 6 of the Insolvency Act 1986, Parts 1A to 7 of the Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 and so much of Part 1 of that Order as applies for the purposes of those Parts, but excluding—

(i)

proceedings under Chapter 3 of Part 4 (members’ voluntary winding up) of the Insolvency Act 1986, and

(ii)

proceedings under Chapter 3 of Part 5 (members’ voluntary winding up) of the Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 1989;

(b)

arrangements and reconstructions under Part 26 of the Companies Act 2006;

(c)

arrangements and reconstructions for companies in financial difficulty under Part 26A of the Companies Act 2006;

(d)

the proceedings and arrangements set out in the Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 2016;

“insolvent person” means a person (“P”), other than an individual, where—

(a)

P is unable to pay its debts as they fall due, or

(b)

the value of P’s assets is less than the amount of its liabilities, taking into account its contingent and prospective liabilities;

“other relevant proceedings” means—

(a)

the regimes and proceedings set out in—

(i)

sections 367 and 377A to 377J of, or Schedule 19C to, the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000;

(ii)

the Insurers (Reorganisation and Winding Up) (Lloyd’s) Regulations 2005;

(iii)

Parts 1 to 3 of the Banking Act 2009 (including Parts 2 and 3 as applied to building societies by section 90C of the Building Societies Act 1986);

(iv)

the Investment Bank Special Administration Regulations 2011;

(v)

Part 6 of the Financial Services (Banking Reform) Act 2013;

(vi)

the Payment and Electronic Money Institution Insolvency Regulations 2021;

(vii)

Schedule 11 to the Financial Services and Markets Act 2023;

(b)

proceedings under any other special administration regime;

“special administration regime” means provision made by an enactment for an insolvency procedure that—

(a)

is similar or corresponds to the ordinary administration procedure provided for by Schedule B1 to the Insolvency Act 1986 or Schedule B1 to the Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 1989, and

(b)

provides for the administrator to have one or more special objectives instead of or in addition to the objectives of ordinary administration.]

Textual Amendments

F7 Sch. 6 para. 16A and cross-heading inserted (5.12.2024) by The Sanctions (EU Exit) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/1157), regs. 1(2), 14(12)(c)

PART 3 U.K. Financial sanctions in Chapter 2 of Part 3 (investment, financial services and financial markets)

Assisting the civilian population in Syria U.K.

F8 17.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F8 Sch. 6 para. 17 omitted (25.4.2025) by virtue of The Syria (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/507), regs. 1(2), 24(z1)(iii)