PART 1General

InterpretationI12

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 M1;

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

  • “the Committee” means the Committee of the Security Council established in accordance with paragraph 57 of resolution 2127;

  • “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;

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

  • “the EU Central African Republic Regulation” means Council Regulation (EU) No 224/2014 of 10 March 2014 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in the Central African Republic M2, as it has effect in EU law;

  • “resolution 2127” means resolution 2127 (2013) adopted by the Security Council on 5 December 2013;

  • “resolution 2134” means resolution 2134 (2014) adopted by the Security Council on 28 January 2014;

  • “resolution 2196” means resolution 2196 (2015) adopted by the Security Council on 22 January 2015;

  • “resolution 2262” means resolution 2262 (2016) adopted by the Security Council on 27 January 2016;

  • “resolution 2339” means resolution 2339 (2017) adopted by the Security Council on 27 January 2017;

  • “resolution 2399” means resolution 2399 (2018) adopted by the Security Council on 30 January 2018;

  • “resolution 2454” means resolution 2454 (2019) adopted by the Security Council on 31 January 2019;

  • “resolution 2488” means resolution 2488 (2019) adopted by the Security Council on 12 September 2019;

  • “resolution 2507” means resolution 2507 (2020) adopted by the Security Council on 31 January 2020;

  • “serious human rights violation or abuse” means a serious violation or abuse of any of the human rights specified in regulation 4(2)(f);

  • “trade licence” means a licence under regulation 34;

  • “Treasury licence” means a licence under regulation 33(1);

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