Found: exceptions and licensing powers are contained in the sanctions regulations made under the Sanctions

Found: The urgent procedure introduced into the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act by the Economic Crime

Found: company beneficial ownership register in line with the EU 5th Anti-Money Laundering Directive 7 Sanctions

Found: provision of surveillance software to Lukashenko’s regime, in what was the first court review under the Sanctions

Found: , the UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office, drafted and oversaw the creation of the Sanctions

Found: As Parliament recognized in section 1 of the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018 (“SAMLA ”

Found: The limited oversight protections available under the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018

Found: and Corporate Transparency Act 2023, Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforceme nt) Act 2022, Sanctions

Found: This was achieved through the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018, under which 35 sanctions

Found: , Cm 8374; An example of the UK Parliament legislating for Overseas Territories is Section 51 the Sanctions

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government when the UK sanctions list was last reviewed; and whether they will make the review public.

Answered by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon - Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)

The government keeps all sanctions designations under review and, under the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018, a Minister may instigate a reassessment of a designation at any time.

The UK sanctions list is updated publicly on gov.uk every time a decision is made to make, vary, or revoke a designation. These updates are also publicised through the FCDO's sanctions e-alert subscription system.

The UK Sanctions List (UKSL) can be found here:

[https://docs.fcdo.gov.uk/docs/UK-Sanctions-List.html]

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of (a) enabling Parliament to exercise oversight of sanctions policy and (b) imposing a duty on His Majesty's Government to lay an annual report before Parliament on sanctions and other related measures adopted on the basis of a relevant human rights purpose as defined by the Sanctions and Money Laundering Act 2018 Section 1(f).

Answered by Anne-Marie Trevelyan - Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)

UK sanctions regimes are established through secondary legislation and are subject to Parliamentary oversight via the scrutiny processes set out in the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018 ("SAMLA").

Ministers are also routinely held accountable for the UK's sanctions policy through select committees and Parliamentary Questions. The government will shortly publish a Post-Legislative Scrutiny Memorandum for SAMLA, following the publication of the UK's first sanctions strategy in February 2024.

In 2022, Parliament amended SAMLA to streamline some of the processes SAMLA originally established, including for reporting.

We have set out the UK government's approach to using sanctions as a foreign and security policy tool in our strategy published on 22 February (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/deter-disrupt-and-demonstrate-uk-sanctions-in-a-contested-world-uk-sanctions-strategy). The strategy explains how we continue to strengthen our sanctions to deter and disrupt malign activity and to protect the UK.

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, if he will publish his Department's review of sanctions architecture.

Answered by Anne-Marie Trevelyan - Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)

We keep our sanctions under constant review to ensure that they are as impactful and effective as possible. This includes keeping under review how the UK's sanctions framework and architecture best supports that. To that end, we have amended the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018 through recent Economic Crime Acts to reflect our learning during the first five years of operation of the Act.

Found: and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018, for approval by resolution of each House of Parliament within twenty-eight

Found: and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018.

Found: exercise of the powers conferred by sections 1(1)(a) and (c), (3), 11(2) to (5), 45(1)(b) and 54(2) of the Sanctions

Found: Regulations made by the Secretary of State, laid before Parliament under section 55(3) of the Sanctions

Found: ) and (3)(a), 5, 16, 17, and 54(1) of, and paragraphs 2(b), 4(b), 6(b) and 21 of Schedule 1 to, the Sanctions

Found: in exercise of the powers conferred by section 49 of, and paragraphs 4 and 23 of Schedule 2 to, the Sanctions

Found: Kingdom; (f) whether the individual is a designated person as defined by section 9(2) of the Sanctions

Found: United Kingdom; (f) whether the individual is a designated person as defined by section 9(2) of the Sanctions

Found: ability to circumvent sanctions. 1.32 UK persons, includ ing supervised firms, are required under the Sanctions

Found: Policing and Crime Act 2017 (c. 3), section 151; the Criminal Finances Act 2017 (c. 22), section 51; the Sanctions

Found: have been amended several times since their introduction in 2017 , using statutory powers under the Sanctions

Found: 2024/4576632 OFSI has the power to issue General Licences for country sanctions regimes under the Sanctions

Found: in legislation set out in regulation 21(1) of the regulations and sections 60(1) and 61(1) of the Sanctions

Found: the most suitable order to pursue 35or whether another order (e.g., a designation order under the Sanctions

Found: Post-Legislative Scrutiny Memorandum: Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018

Found: Post-Legislative Scrutiny Memorandum: Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018

Found: In the years since the landmark Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018, our approach to sanctions

Found: years, we have built up our sanctions capabilities, strengthening significantly our approach since the Sanctions

Found: 2024/4576632 OFSI has the power to issue General Licences for country sanctions regimes under the Sanctions

Found: 202 4/4398024 OFSI has the power to issue General Licences for country sanctions regimes under the Sanctions

Found: The Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act (2018) ("SAMLA") amended the 2017 Act.

Found: The UK autonomously implements its own sanctions under the Sanctions and Anti Money Laundering Act

Found: The UK autonomously impleme nts its own sanctions under the Sanctions and Anti Money Laundering Act

Found: The Sanctions and Anti -Money Laundering Act 2018 (the Sanctions Act) enables regulations to be made

Found: in legislation set out in regulation 21(1) of the regulations and sections 60(1) and 61(1) of the Sanctions

Found: the Cyber (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (“the Regulations”) were introduced under the Sanctions

Found: The UK autonomously implements its own sanctions under the Sanctions and Anti Money Laundering Act

Found: enforce these, which are set out in detail in the corresponding report made under section 18 of the Sanctions

Found: In the years since the landmark Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018, our approach to sanctions