The Counter-Terrorism (Sanctions) (Overseas Territories) Order 2020 No. 1564

SCHEDULE 2 Modifications to be made in the extension of the Counter-Terrorism (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 to each British overseas territory listed in Schedule 1

14.  For regulation 17A (finance: exception for authorised conduct in a relevant country) substitute—

“Finance: exceptions for authorised conduct outside the Territory

17A.— (1) Where a person’s conduct outside the Territory would, in the absence of this paragraph, contravene a prohibition in any of regulations 11 to 15 (asset-freeze etc.), the prohibition is not contravened if the conduct is authorised by a licence issued under regulation 19 (Treasury licences) (as it has effect in the United Kingdom).

(2) Where a person’s conduct in a relevant country would, in the absence of this paragraph, contravene a prohibition in any of regulations 11 to 15 (“the relevant prohibition”), the relevant prohibition is not contravened if the conduct is authorised by a licence or other authorisation which is issued—

(a) under the law of the relevant country, and

(b) for the purpose of disapplying a prohibition in that jurisdiction which corresponds to the relevant prohibition.

(3) In this regulation—

“relevant country” means—

(a)

any of the Channel Islands,

(b)

the Isle of Man, or

(c)

any British overseas territory other than the Territory.

(4) Nothing in this regulation affects the application of a prohibition in a case where it would be incompatible with a UN obligation for the prohibition not to apply.”