UK Statutory Instrument
2025
United Kingdom
The Global Irregular Migration and Trafficking in Persons Sanctions Regulations 2025
At a glance
What's here
1 compliance obligation
Who this Act binds
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- Any Person 1
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Any Person also bound by 2337 other Acts (top 5 shown)
- Human Medicines Regulations 2012 2012 169 duties
- Merchant Shipping Act 1995 1995 144 duties
- Insolvency (England and Wales) Rules 2016 2016 101 duties
- Road Traffic Act 1988 1988 95 duties
- Air Navigation Order 2016 2016 95 duties
What this Act requires
Sections that create concrete duties on businesses or carry penalties. Procedural and definitional sections are folded into the “Browse other sections” expander at the bottom of each group. Click any section title to read the source text on legislation.gov.uk.
Schedules
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Shares held by nominees
Rights treated as held by person who controls their exercise
“Arrangement” includes— (a) any scheme, agreement or understanding, whether or...
Rights exercisable only in certain circumstances etc.
Rights attached to shares held by way of security
Joint interests
Joint arrangements
Calculating shareholdings
Voting rights
In applying regulation 9(2) and this Schedule, the voting rights...
Rights to appoint or remove members of the board
A reference to a board of directors, in the case...
Shares or rights held “indirectly”
Interpretation
Humanitarian assistance activity
Insolvency
Designated money service businesses
Basic needs
Legal services
Maintenance of frozen funds and economic resources
Extraordinary expenses
Judicial decisions etc.
Extraordinary situation
Prior obligations
Diplomatic missions etc.
Finance: reporting obligations
- Report knowledge or suspicion of designated persons and related funds to Treasury Any Person
Browse 46 other sections — procedural / definitional / commencement
Citation, commencement and extent
Interpretation
Application of prohibitions and requirements outside the United Kingdom
Purposes
Power to designate persons
Conditions for the designation of persons by name
Conditions for the designation of persons by description
Designation conditions: meaning of “involved person”
Meaning of “owned or controlled directly or indirectly”
Notification and publicity where power to designate by name is used
Notification and publicity where power to designate by description is used
Confidential information in certain cases where designation power used
Meaning of “designated person” in Part 3
Asset-freeze in relation to designated persons
Making funds available to designated persons
Making funds available for benefit of designated persons
Making economic resources available to designated persons
Making economic resources available for benefit of designated persons
Circumventing etc. prohibitions
Director disqualification sanctions
Immigration sanctions
Finance: exceptions from prohibitions
Finance: exception from prohibitions for required payments
Finance: exception for authorised conduct in a relevant country
Exception for acts done for purposes of national security or prevention of serious crime
Treasury licences
Director disqualification licences
Licences: general provisions
Notices
Finance: licensing offences
Director disqualification: licensing offences
Section 8B(1) to (3) of the Immigration Act 1971: directions
Finance: reporting obligations for required payments
“Relevant firm”
Finance: powers to request information
Finance: production of documents
Finance: information offences
Disclosure of information
Finance: disclosure to the Treasury
Part 7: supplementary
Penalties for offences
Liability of officers of bodies corporate etc.
Jurisdiction to try offences
Procedure for offences by unincorporated bodies
Time limit for proceedings for summary offences
Application of Chapter 1 of Part 2 of the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005
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