(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order extends with modifications the Guinea (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1145) ("the Guinea 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).

Section 63(3)(c) of the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018 (c.13) ("the Sanctions Act") provides that Her Majesty may by Order in Council provide for any provision of Part 1 of that Act, or any regulations under Part 1 of that Act, to extend with or without modifications to any of the British overseas territories. Section 63(4) provides that this includes the power to extend any regulations as amended from time to time.

The Guinea Sanctions Regulations were made under Part 1 of the Sanctions Act to establish a sanctions regime for the purpose of encouraging the Government of Guinea to investigate properly the violent repression in Guinea on 28th September 2009 and the aftermath of that violent repression, and hold to account and bring criminal proceedings against the persons responsible for that violent repression and its aftermath.