(1) The Global Anti-Corruption Sanctions Regulations 2021 [S.I. 2021/488, amended by S.I. 2022/500; S.I. 2022/818; and S.I. 2023/149.] are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 2 (interpretation), in the appropriate place insert -

""director disqualification licence" means a licence under regulation 21A;".

(3) In regulation 5(1) (power to designate persons), after sub-paragraph (a), insert -

"(aa) regulation 16A (director disqualification sanctions);".

(4) After regulation 16 (circumventing etc. prohibitions), insert -

"Part 3A Director disqualification sanctions

16A. Director disqualification sanctions

A person who is designated under regulation 5 (power to designate persons) for the purposes of this regulation is a person subject to director disqualification sanctions for the purposes of -

(a) section 11A of the Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986, and