Legislation – The Republic of Belarus (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) Regulations 2021

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Introduction

PART 1
General

2 Amendment of the Republic of Belarus (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

3 Interpretation

4 Application of prohibitions and requirements outside the United Kingdom

PART 2
Designation of persons

5 Power to designate persons

6 Designation criteria

PART 3
Finance

7 Financial sanctions

8 Transferable securities etc.

9 In regulation 16(1)(a) (circumventing etc. prohibitions), for “regulations 11 to…

PART 4
Trade

10 Definition of “restricted goods” and “restricted technology”

11 Further definitions

12 Definition of “interception and monitoring services”

13 Interpretation of other expressions used in Part 5

14 Export of restricted goods and tobacco industry goods

15 (1) In the heading to regulation 21, after “restricted goods”,…

16 (1) In the heading to regulation 22, after “restricted goods”,…

17 (1) In the heading to regulation 23, after “restricted goods”,…

18 Interception and monitoring services

19 Dual-use goods and technology

20 Trade: further provision

PART 5
Aircraft sanctions

21 Aircraft

PART 6
Exceptions and licences

22 Finance: exceptions from prohibitions

23 Exception for authorised conduct in a relevant country

24 Exception for acts done for purposes of national security or prevention of serious crime

25 Exceptions: finance

26 Treasury licences

27 Trade licences

PART 7
Information, enforcement etc.

28 Application of information powers in the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979

29 Disclosure of information

30 Penalties for offences

31 Jurisdiction to try offences

32 Modification of penalties under the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979

33 Monetary penalties

34 Maritime enforcement

35 Trade: overlapping offences

PART 8
Amendments to Schedules

36 Schedule 1

37 Interception and monitoring goods and technology; other goods

38 Treasury licences

Signature

Explanatory note

PART 4Trade

Interception and monitoring services18.

After regulation 24, insert—

“Provision of interception and monitoring services24A.

(1)

A person must not directly or indirectly provide interception and monitoring services to, or for the benefit of, the Government of Belarus.

(2)

Paragraph (1) is subject to Part 6 (Exceptions and licences).

(3)

A person who contravenes the prohibition in paragraph (1) commits an offence, but it is a defence for a person charged with that offence (“P”) to show that P did not know and had no reasonable cause to suspect that the services were provided to or for the benefit of the Government of Belarus.”