Citation, commencement and extent

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Russia (Sanctions) (Overseas Territories) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2022 and comes into force on 20th July 2022.

(2) This Order extends to each British overseas territory listed in the Schedule.

Amendment of the Russia (Sanctions) (Overseas Territories) Order 2020

2.  Schedule 2 (modifications to be made in the extension of the Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 to each British overseas territory listed in Schedule 1) to the Russia (Sanctions) (Overseas Territories) Order 2020( 2) is amended as set out in article 3.

3.  After paragraph 26A insert—

“26B.   In regulation 46B (luxury goods)—

(a) after paragraph (3) insert—

“(3A)    A person who contravenes the prohibition in paragraph (1) commits an offence, but it is a defence for a person charged with the offence of contravening paragraph (1) to show that the person did not know and had no reasonable cause to suspect that the export was to, or the goods were for use in, Russia. ” ;

(b) in paragraph (5), for “United Kingdom, the Isle of Man” substitute “Territory” .

26C.   In regulation 46D (import of iron and steel products), at the end insert—

“(4)  A person who contravenes a prohibition in paragraph (1) or (2) commits an offence, but—

(a) it is a defence for a person charged with the offence of contravening paragraph (1) to show that the person did not know and had no reasonable cause to suspect that the products were consigned from Russia;

(b) it is a defence for a person charged with the offence of contravening paragraph (2) to show that the person did not know and had no reasonable cause to suspect that the products originated in Russia. ”

26D.   In regulation 46F (supply and delivery of iron and steel products), in paragraph (4), for “United Kingdom, the Isle of Man” substitute “Territory” . ”

Article 1(2)

SCHEDULE British overseas territories

• Anguilla

• British Antarctic Territory

• British Indian Ocean Territory

• Cayman Islands

• Falkland Islands

• Montserrat

• Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands

• St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha

• South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

• The Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia in the Island of Cyprus

• Turks and Caicos Islands

• Virgin Islands

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order makes amendments to the Russia (Sanctions) (Overseas Territories) Order 2020 ( S.I. 2020/1571) (“ the Principal Order”).

The Principal Order extends with modifications the Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 ( S.I. 2019/855) (“ the Russia sanctions regulations”) as amended from time to time to all British overseas territories except Bermuda and Gibraltar (which implement sanctions under their own legislative arrangements). The Russia sanctions regulations established a sanctions regime in relation to Russia for the purpose of encouraging Russia to cease actions destabilising Ukraine or undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty or independence of Ukraine.

The Russia sanctions regulations have been recently amended by the Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) (No. 8) Regulations 2022 ( S.I. 2022/452) (“ the amending regulations”).

This Order makes the necessary amendments to the Principal Order to give effect in the relevant British overseas territories to the changes made to the Russia sanctions regime by the amending regulations.

An Impact Assessment has not been prepared for this Order: the territorial extent of both this Order and the Principal Order is the British overseas territories listed in the Schedule to this Order and no, or no significant, impact is foreseen on the private, voluntary or public sector in the United Kingdom.