The Iran (Sanctions) (Human Rights) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
CitationSI 2019/134
(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Iran (Sanctions) (Human Rights) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019.(2) These Regulations come into force in accordance with regulations made under section 56 of the Act.
  • In these Regulations—
  • (1) A United Kingdom person may contravene a relevant prohibition by conduct wholly or partly outside the United Kingdom.(2) Any person may contravene a relevant prohibition by conduct in the territorial sea.by regulation 9(2) (confidential information) ,by Part 3 (Finance) ,by Part 5 (Trade) , orby a condition of a Treasury licence or a trade licence.(4) A United Kingdom person may comply, or fail to comply, with a relevant requirement by conduct wholly or partly outside the United Kingdom.(5) Any person may comply, or fail to comply, with a relevant requirement by conduct in the territorial sea.by or under Part 7 (Information and records) , or by reason of a request made under a power conferred by that Part, orby a condition of a Treasury licence or a trade licence.(7) Nothing in this regulation is to be taken to prevent a relevant prohibition or a relevant requirement from applying to conduct (by any person) in the United Kingdom.
  • respect the right to life of persons in Iran, for example by refraining from the execution of juvenile offenders in all circumstances;
  • torture or other inhuman or degrading treatment with a view to extracting information from detained persons,
  • inhuman and degrading conditions in prisons, and
  • forms of punishment such as flogging and amputation;
  • respect the right to liberty and security, including refraining from the arbitrary arrest and...
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