Information since 21 Jan 2026, 11:14 p.m.
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Middle East
94 speeches (15,325 words) Tuesday 9th June 2026 - Commons Chamber Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Mentions: 1: Andy McDonald (Lab - Middlesbrough and Thornaby East) Those activities are criminal, and we have the architecture in this country with the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act - Link to Speech |
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Lebanon: Israel Defence Forces Operations
62 speeches (8,069 words) Wednesday 3rd June 2026 - Commons Chamber Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Mentions: 1: Andy McDonald (Lab - Middlesbrough and Thornaby East) military action, end arms sales, stop F-35 supplies, impose sanctions, and utilise the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act - Link to Speech |
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Processed Russian Oil Products: Sanctions
58 speeches (6,584 words) Wednesday 20th May 2026 - Commons Chamber Department for Business and Trade Mentions: 1: Alex Sobel (LAB - Leeds Central and Headingley) How long will the regulations made under the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018 stand prior - Link to Speech |
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Freedom of Religion or Belief in China
31 speeches (12,920 words) Wednesday 18th March 2026 - Westminster Hall Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Mentions: 1: Luke Taylor (LD - Sutton and Cheam) can he confirm that these will be Magnitsky-style sanctions that make use of the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act - Link to Speech |
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Crime and Policing Bill
92 speeches (21,957 words) Report stage part one Wednesday 11th March 2026 - Lords Chamber Home Office Mentions: 1: None ,(e) where the relevant offence is an offence under regulations imposed under the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act - Link to Speech |
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Industry and Exports (Financial Assistance) Bill
46 speeches (9,130 words) Committee of the whole House Monday 23rd February 2026 - Commons Chamber Department for Business and Trade Mentions: 1: Judith Cummins (Lab - Bradford South) exported directly from the United Kingdom, be contrary to any provision of the any Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act - Link to Speech |
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Counter-Extremism Strategy
30 speeches (8,144 words) Thursday 12th February 2026 - Grand Committee Home Office Mentions: 1: Lord Hanson of Flint (Lab - Life peer) injunctions to be put in place.We have legislation, such as the Immigration Act, the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act - Link to Speech |
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Occupied Palestinian Territories: Genocide Risk Assessment
81 speeches (13,742 words) Thursday 5th February 2026 - Commons Chamber Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Mentions: 1: Fleur Anderson (Lab - Putney) from differentiation to prohibition, using legal tools already available under the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act - Link to Speech |
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Russia: Shipping
Asked by: Ben Obese-Jecty (Conservative - Huntingdon) Monday 8th June 2026 Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 1 June 2026 to question 2959 on Shipping: Russia, what regulations within the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018 are applicable to the maritime interdiction of Russian Shadow Fleet vessels transiting UK waters. Answered by Stephen Doughty - Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office) Sanctions enforcement can be taken, including with respect to vessels, by various domestic enforcement bodies under powers in the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018 and the Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019. |
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Shipping: Russia
Asked by: Ben Obese-Jecty (Conservative - Huntingdon) Monday 1st June 2026 Question to the Ministry of Defence: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer of 29 April 2026 to Question 128971 on Shipping: Sanctions, what the legal basis is for conducting maritime interdiction operations against sanctioned Russian Shadow Fleet vessels transiting UK waters in relation to (a) the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea and (b) domestic law. Answered by Al Carns - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence) (Minister for the Armed Forces) Sanctions enforcement is taken by various enforcement bodies under powers in the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018, and regulations made under it, UK armed forces may support those agencies in the exercise of their powers.
All interdiction activity undertaken by the UK armed forces is consistent with the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea. |
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Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 These Regulations are made under the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018 (c. 13). Regulations 3 to 29 amend the Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/855) (“the 2019 Regulations”). Regulation 30 amends the Trade, Aircraft and Shipping Sanctions (Civil Enforcement) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/948) (“the TASSCE Regulations”). Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Parliamentary Status - Text of Legislation - Made affirmative Laid: Tuesday 19th May - In Force: 20 May 2026 Found: made by the Secretary of State, laid before Parliament under section 55(3) of the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act |
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Sanctions (EU Exit) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2026 These Regulations are made under the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018 (c. 13) (“the Sanctions Act”). Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Parliamentary Status - Text of Legislation - Made negative Laid: Wednesday 22nd April - In Force: 13 May 2026 Found: 2026The Secretary of State(1), considering that the condition in section 45 (2) of the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act |
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Syria (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 These Regulations amend the Syria (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/792) (“the original Regulations”). These amendments are further to amendments made by the Syria (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/507) (“the 2025 Regulations”) following the fall of the former regime led by Bashar Al-Assad in Syria in December 2024. These Regulations revoke trade prohibitions in the original Regulations relating to gold, precious metals or diamonds and luxury goods. Other consequential amendments are made as a result of the revocation of these prohibitions. Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Parliamentary Status - Text of Legislation - Made affirmative Laid: Tuesday 21st April - In Force: 22 Apr 2026 Found: made by the Secretary of State, laid before Parliament under section 55(3) of the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act |
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Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing (Amendment) Regulations 2026 These Regulations amend the Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Transfer of Funds (Information on the Payer) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/692) (the “MLRs”). HM Treasury Parliamentary Status - Text of Legislation - Draft affirmative Laid: Wednesday 25th March - In Force: Not stated Found: Draft Regulations laid before Parliament under section 55(5)(d) of the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act |
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Beneficial ownership registers in the Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies - CBP-10604
Mar. 25 2026 Found: One example was in 2018, when the UK Parliament passed the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act, |
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Industry and Exports (Financial Assistance) Bill: HL Bill 170 of 2024–26 - LLN-2026-0004
Mar. 02 2026 Found: re-exported to Russia or any other country subject to sanctions imposed by the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act |
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Tuesday 9th June 2026
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Source Page: Russia: list of designations and sanctions notices Document: Russia: list of designations and sanctions notices (webpage) Found: Russia sanctions The Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 were made under the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act |
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Tuesday 9th June 2026
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Source Page: The UK sanctions list Document: (webpage) Found: (a)REHAL is a member of two organisations (i.e. persons for the purposes of the Sanctions and Anti Money Laundering Act |
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Tuesday 9th June 2026
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Source Page: Global human rights: list of designations and sanctions notices Document: Global human rights: list of designations and sanctions notices (webpage) Found: sanctions The Global Human Rights Sanctions Regulations 2020 were made under the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act |
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Wednesday 3rd June 2026
HM Treasury Source Page: Orange Book Document: (Excel) Found: The UK implements a range of sanctions regimes through regulations made under the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act |
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Monday 1st June 2026
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Source Page: FCDO Programme Operating Framework Document: (PDF) Found: • Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018 and regulations made under it, such as the Russia ( |
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Thursday 28th May 2026
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Source Page: Global irregular migration and trafficking in persons: list of designations and sanctions notices Document: Global irregular migration and trafficking in persons: list of designations and sanctions notices (webpage) Found: Migration and Trafficking in Persons (Sanctions) Regulations 2025 were made under the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act |
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Tuesday 26th May 2026
HM Treasury Source Page: OFSI General licence INT/2024/4761108 Document: (PDF) Found: has the power to issue General Licences for country sanctions regimes under the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act |
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Friday 22nd May 2026
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Source Page: ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida: list of designations and sanctions notices Document: ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida: list of designations and sanctions notices (webpage) Found: Al-Qaida (United Nations Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 were made under the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act |
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Tuesday 19th May 2026
Department for Business and Trade Source Page: General trade licence: maritime transportation of liquefied natural gas Document: (PDF) Found: otherwise requires, any other term used in this licence has the meaning it bears in the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act |
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Friday 24th April 2026
HM Treasury Source Page: OFSI General Licence - INT/2026/9512597 Document: (PDF) Found: Autonomous Sanctions Regulations” means those sanctions regulations made under the Sanctions and Anti- Money Laundering Act |
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Friday 24th April 2026
HM Treasury Source Page: OFSI General Licence - INT/2026/9512597 Document: (PDF) Found: General Licences for country sanctions regimes under regulations made under the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act |
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Thursday 23rd April 2026
Department for Business and Trade Source Page: Trade sanctions, arms embargoes, and other trade restrictions Document: Trade sanctions, arms embargoes, and other trade restrictions (webpage) Found: implements a range of UK sanctions regimes through regulations established under the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act |
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Friday 13th March 2026
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Source Page: Afghanistan: list of designations and sanctions notices Document: Afghanistan: list of designations and sanctions notices (webpage) Found: sanctions The Afghanistan (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 were made under the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act |
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Friday 13th March 2026
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Source Page: Petroleum products humanitarian assistance exception: notification form Document: explanatory memorandum to the Syria (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2024 (PDF) Found: 4.1 This instrument is made under the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018 (“the Sanctions |
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Thursday 19th February 2026
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Source Page: Counter-terrorism: list of designations and sanctions notices Document: Counter-terrorism: list of designations and sanctions notices (webpage) Found: The Counter-Terrorism (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 were made under the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act |
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Thursday 5th February 2026
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Source Page: Sudan: list of designations and sanctions notices Document: Sudan: list of designations and sanctions notices (webpage) Found: Sudan sanctions The Sudan (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 were made under the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act |
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Monday 2nd February 2026
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Source Page: Iran: list of designations and sanctions notices Document: Iran: list of designations and sanctions notices (webpage) Found: Purposes of the Iran sanctions The Iran (Sanctions) Regulations 2023 were made under the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act |
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Wednesday 15th April 2026
HM Treasury Source Page: OFSI Strategy: 2026 - 2029 Document: (PDF) Found: Following updates to the Sanctions and Anti Money Laundering Act in 2022 the cross-government review |
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Thursday 9th April 2026
Department for Business and Trade Source Page: Call for input on potential powers to protect the UK from adverse economic pressure Document: (PDF) Found: the Procurement Act 2023, the Taxation (Cross -border Trade) Act 2018, and the Sanctions and Anti -Money Laundering Act |
| Non-Departmental Publications - Guidance and Regulation |
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Jun. 03 2026
Government Finance Function Source Page: Orange Book Document: (Excel) Guidance and Regulation Found: The UK implements a range of sanctions regimes through regulations made under the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act |
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May. 26 2026
Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation Source Page: OFSI General licence INT/2024/4761108 Document: (PDF) Guidance and Regulation Found: has the power to issue General Licences for country sanctions regimes under the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act |
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May. 22 2026
The Insolvency Service Source Page: 13. General Document: Dear IP article (PDF) Guidance and Regulation Found: should also ensure that they are familiar with sanctions regulations made under the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act |
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May. 19 2026
Office of Trade Sanctions Implementation Source Page: General trade licence: maritime transportation of liquefied natural gas Document: (PDF) Guidance and Regulation Found: otherwise requires, any other term used in this licence has the meaning it bears in the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act |
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Apr. 30 2026
UK Visas and Immigration Source Page: Good character: caseworker guidance Document: (PDF) Guidance and Regulation Found: The UK implements a range of sanctions regimes through regulations made under the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act |
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Apr. 23 2026
Export Control Joint Unit Source Page: Trade sanctions, arms embargoes, and other trade restrictions Document: Trade sanctions, arms embargoes, and other trade restrictions (webpage) Guidance and Regulation Found: implements a range of UK sanctions regimes through regulations established under the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act |
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Apr. 14 2026
Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation Source Page: OFSI General Licence INT/2026/9491628 Document: (PDF) Guidance and Regulation Found: OFSI has the power to issue General Licences for sanctions regimes under the Sanctions and Anti- Money Laundering Act |
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Mar. 31 2026
Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation Source Page: OFSI General Licence INT/2022/2300292 Document: (PDF) Guidance and Regulation Found: Regulations” or “ the Regulations ” means Sanctions regulations made under the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act |
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Mar. 31 2026
Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation Source Page: OFSI General Licence INT/2022/2300292 Document: (PDF) Guidance and Regulation Found: has the power to issue General Licences for country sanctions regimes under the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act |
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Mar. 30 2026
Homes England Source Page: Customer due diligence guidance Document: Customer due diligence guidance (webpage) Guidance and Regulation Found: under the Money Laundering Regulations 2017, the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002, the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act |
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Mar. 19 2026
Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation Source Page: OFSI General Licence INT/2026/9247168 Document: (PDF) Guidance and Regulation Found: has the power to issue General Licences for country sanctions regimes under the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act |
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Mar. 13 2026
Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation Source Page: Petroleum products humanitarian assistance exception: notification form Document: explanatory memorandum to the Syria (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2024 (PDF) Guidance and Regulation Found: 4.1 This instrument is made under the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018 (“the Sanctions |
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Feb. 24 2026
Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation Source Page: OFSI General Licence INT/2026/8889196 Document: (PDF) Guidance and Regulation Found: has the power to issue General Licences for country sanctions regimes under the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act |
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Feb. 24 2026
Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation Source Page: OFSI General Licence INT/2026/8893924 Document: (PDF) Guidance and Regulation Found: has the power to issue General Licences for country sanctions regimes under the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act |
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Feb. 09 2026
Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation Source Page: Financial sanctions enforcement: assessment and monetary penalties Document: Enforcement and monetary penalties guidance: 31 August 2023 - 1 May 2024 (PDF) Guidance and Regulation Found: The Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act (2018) ("SAMLA") amended the 2017 Act. |
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Feb. 09 2026
Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation Source Page: Financial sanctions enforcement: assessment and monetary penalties Document: Enforcement and monetary penalties guidance: 15 June 2022 - 30 August 2023 (PDF) Guidance and Regulation Found: The Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act (2018) ("SAMLA") amended the 2017 Act. |
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Feb. 09 2026
Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation Source Page: Financial sanctions enforcement: assessment and monetary penalties Document: Monetary penalties guidance: April 2021 - Jan 2022 (PDF) Guidance and Regulation Found: The Sanctions and Anti Money Laundering Act (2018)("SAMLA") amended the 2017 Act. |
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Feb. 09 2026
Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation Source Page: Financial sanctions enforcement: assessment and monetary penalties Document: Monetary penalties for breaches of financial sanctions: 28 January 2022 - 15 June 2022 (PDF) Guidance and Regulation Found: The Sanctions and Anti Money Laundering Act (2018)("SAMLA") amended the 2017 Act. |
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Jun. 01 2026
Regulatory Policy Committee Source Page: RPC Opinion: The Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2026 Document: (PDF) Statistics Found: It also cites the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018 review framework and judicial precedents |
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Apr. 29 2026
Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation Source Page: The Terrorism Acts in 2024 Document: (PDF) Statistics Found: Regulations under the Sanctions and Anti -Money Laundering Act 2018 permit HM Treasury to impose unilateral |
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Apr. 15 2026
Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation Source Page: OFSI Strategy: 2026 - 2029 Document: (PDF) Policy paper Found: Following updates to the Sanctions and Anti Money Laundering Act in 2022 the cross-government review |
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Apr. 13 2026
Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation Source Page: Ownership and Control Test in UK Financial Sanctions Regulations Document: (PDF) Policy and Engagement Found: welcome responses from relevant firms (as defined in the UK regulations under the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act |
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Apr. 13 2026
Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation Source Page: Ownership and Control Test in UK Financial Sanctions Regulations Document: (PDF) Policy and Engagement Found: welcome responses from relevant firms (as defined in the UK regulations under the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act |
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Apr. 13 2026
The Insolvency Service Source Page: Corporate Civil Enforcement Reforms Document: (PDF) Open consultation Found: director disqualification sanctions under regulations made under section 1 of the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act |
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Apr. 13 2026
The Insolvency Service Source Page: Corporate Civil Enforcement Reforms Document: (PDF) Open consultation Found: director disqualification sanctions under regulations made under section 1 of the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act |
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Jul. 23 2025
National Crime Agency Source Page: UK sanctions notorious people-smuggling gangs and their enablers in global crackdown Document: UK sanctions notorious people-smuggling gangs and their enablers in global crackdown (webpage) News and Communications Found: the Global Irregular Migration sanctions regime Using the powers conferred by the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act |
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Dec. 14 2023
Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation Source Page: OFSI Annual Review 2022 to 2023: Strengthening our Sanctions Document: (PDF) Transparency Found: FCDO and provides details of those designated under regulations made under the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act |
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Nov. 10 2022
Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation Source Page: OFSI Annual Review 2021 to 2022 Document: (PDF) Transparency Found: HM Treasury (HMT), through OFSI, uses the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018 (the Sanctions |
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Oct. 14 2021
Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation Source Page: OFSI Annual Review 2020 to 2021 Document: (PDF) Transparency Found: ) on designing the primary legislation, which passed into law in 2018 as the Sanctions and Anti- Money Laundering Act |
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May. 28 2026
Financial Conduct Authority Source Page: Memorandum of Understanding between the Office of Trade Sanctions Implementation and the FCA [pdf] Document: Memorandum of Understanding between the Office of Trade Sanctions Implementation and the FCA [pdf] (PDF) Memorandums of understanding Found: but are not limited to, facilitating, monitoring or ensuring compliance with the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act |
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The Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing (Amendment) Regulations 2026 These Regulations amend the Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Transfer of Funds (Information on the Payer) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/692) (the “MLRs”). HM Treasury Found: Draft Regulations laid before Parliament under section 55(5)(d) of the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act |
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Thursday 16th April 2026
Department for Business and Trade Source Page: I. Call for input on potential powers to protect the UK from adverse economic pressure. 13p. II. Letter dated 09/04/2026 from Chris Bryant MP to Liam Byrne MP regarding the launch of a call for input on potential new powers to protect the UK from acts of adverse economic pressure. 2p. Document: Potential_Powers_to_Protect_the_UK_from_Adverse_Economic_Pressure.pdf (PDF) Found: the Procurement Act 2023, the Taxation (Cross -border Trade) Act 2018, and the Sanctions and Anti -Money Laundering Act |
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Thursday 26th February 2026
Source Page: Common legislative solutions: a guide to tackling recurring policy issues in legislation Document: Common legislative solutions: a guide to tackling recurring policy issues in legislation (PDF) Found: www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2019/4/contents) • paragraph 20 of Schedule 2 to the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act |