Citation, commencement and extent

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Syria (Sanctions) (Overseas Territories) (Amendment) Order 2024 and comes into force on 3rd October 2024.

(2) This Order extends to each British overseas territory listed inthe Schedule.

Amendment of the Syria (Sanctions) (Overseas Territories) Order 2020

2.  Schedule 2 (modifications to be made in the extension of the Syria (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019( 2) to each British overseas territory listed in Schedule 1) to the Syria (Sanctions) (Overseas Territories) Order 2020( 3), is amended as follows.

3.  In paragraph 34 (regulation 57: exceptions relating to petroleum products)—

(a) omit sub-paragraph (a);

(b) in sub-paragraph (b), for “Secretary of State” substitute “Treasury”;

(c) after sub-paragraph (b) insert—

“(ba) in paragraph (5A)(c), for “the British Red Cross” substitute “any branch of the British Red Cross in the Territory” ; ”;

(d) in sub-paragraph (c), for “for the definition of” until the end, substitute “in paragraph (a) of the definition of “relevant person”, after “of the Government of the United Kingdom” insert “or of the Territory”.”.

4.  In paragraph 56 (regulation 79: penalties for offences) in the substituted text—

(a) in paragraphs (5) and (10) omit “57(6) (exceptions relating to petroleum products),”;

(b) in paragraphs (7) and (12) after “regulation 74A (trade: information offences)” insert “or 57(6) (exceptions relating to petroleum products: notification requirement)”.

Article 1(2)

Schedule British overseas territories

• Anguilla

• British Antarctic Territory

• British Indian Ocean Territory

• Cayman Islands

• Falkland Islands

• Montserrat

• Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands

• St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha

• South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

• The Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia in the Island of Cyprus

• Turks and Caicos Islands

• Virgin Islands

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Syria (Sanctions) (Overseas Territories) Order 2020 ( S.I. 2020/1580) (“ the Principal Order”) in consequence of amendments made to the Syria (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 ( S.I. 2019/792) by the Syria (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2024 ( S.I. 2024/833).

The amendments to the Syria (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 were made to:

• extend the scope of an exception to certain petroleum-related prohibitions;

• replace the existing notification requirement where the exception is relied upon and make further consequential amendments to other provisions;

• further widen the scope of the petroleum-related exceptions;

• amend the record keeping requirement with respect to trade licences to clarify that the specified information is required “where appropriate”.

This Order makes the necessary amendments to the Principal Order to give effect in the relevant British overseas territories to the changes made to the Syria sanctions regime.

An Impact Assessment has not been prepared for this Order: the territorial extent of both this Order and the Principal Order is the British overseas territories listed in the Schedule to this Order and no, or no significant, impact is foreseen on the private, voluntary or public sector in the United Kingdom.