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Version date: 11 November 2020 - onwards

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order extends with modifications the Burundi (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1142) (“the Burundi 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.