The Global Irregular Migration and Trafficking in Persons Sanctions Regulations 2025 No. 902

1. Introductory Text

2. Part 1 General

   1. 1. Citation, commencement and extent

   2. 2. Interpretation

   3. 3. Application of prohibitions and requirements outside the United Kingdom

   4. 4. Purposes

3. Part 2 Designation of persons

   1. 5. Power to designate persons

   2. 6. Conditions for the designation of persons by name

   3. 7. Conditions for the designation of persons by description

   4. 8. Designation conditions: meaning of “involved person”

   5. 9. Meaning of “owned or controlled directly or indirectly”

   6. 10. Notification and publicity where power to designate by name is used

   7. 11. Notification and publicity where power to designate by description is used

   8. 12. Confidential information in certain cases where designation power used

4. Part 3 Finance

   1. 13. Meaning of “designated person” in Part 3

   2. 14. Asset-freeze in relation to designated persons

   3. 15. Making funds available to designated persons

   4. 16. Making funds available for benefit of designated persons

   5. 17. Making economic resources available to designated persons

   6. 18. Making economic resources available for benefit of designated persons

   7. 19. Circumventing etc. prohibitions

5. Part 4 Director disqualification sanctions

   1. 20. Director disqualification sanctions

6. Part 5 Immigration

   1. 21. Immigration sanctions

7. Part 6 Exceptions and Licences

   1. 22. Finance: exceptions from prohibitions

   2. 23. Finance: exception from prohibitions for required payments

   3. 24. Finance: exception for authorised conduct in a relevant country

   4. 25. Exception for acts done for purposes of national security or prevention of serious crime

   5. 26. Treasury licences

   6. 27. Director disqualification licences

   7. 28. Licences: general provisions

   8. 29. Notices

   9. 30. Finance: licensing offences

   10. 31. Director disqualification: licensing offences

   11. 32. Section 8B(1) to (3) of the Immigration Act 1971: directions

8. Part 7 Information and records

   1. 33. Finance: reporting obligations

   2. 34. Finance: reporting obligations for required payments

   3. 35. “Relevant firm”

   4. 36. Finance: powers to request information

   5. 37. Finance: production of documents

   6. 38. Finance: information offences

   7. 39. Disclosure of information

   8. 40. Finance: disclosure to the Treasury

   9. 41. Part 7: supplementary

9. Part 8 Enforcement

   1. 42. Penalties for offences

   2. 43. Liability of officers of bodies corporate etc.

   3. 44. Jurisdiction to try offences

   4. 45. Procedure for offences by unincorporated bodies

   5. 46. Time limit for proceedings for summary offences

   6. 47. Application of Chapter 1 of Part 2 of the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005

10. Signature

11. Schedules

    1. Schedule 1

       Rules for interpretation of regulation 9(2)

       1. 1. Application of Schedule

       2. 2. Joint interests

       3. 3. Joint arrangements

       4. 4. Calculating shareholdings

       5. 5. Voting rights

       6. 6. In applying regulation 9(2) and this Schedule, the voting rights...

       7. 7. Rights to appoint or remove members of the board

       8. 8. A reference to a board of directors, in the case...

       9. 9. Shares or rights held “indirectly”

       10. 10. Shares held by nominees

       11. 11. Rights treated as held by person who controls their exercise

       12. 12. “Arrangement” includes— (a) any scheme, agreement or understanding, whether or...

       13. 13. Rights exercisable only in certain circumstances etc.

       14. 14. Rights attached to shares held by way of security

    2. Schedule 2

       Treasury licences: purposes

       1. 1. Interpretation

       2. 2. Basic needs

       3. 3. Legal services

       4. 4. Maintenance of frozen funds and economic resources

       5. 5. Extraordinary expenses

       6. 6. Judicial decisions etc.

       7. 7. Extraordinary situation

       8. 8. Prior obligations

       9. 9. Diplomatic missions etc.

       10. 10. Humanitarian assistance activity

       11. 11. Insolvency

       12. 12. Designated money service businesses

12. Explanatory Note