New Clause 32 - Streamlining process of making sanctions regulations

Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Bill – in the House of Commons at 9:34 pm on 7 March 2022.

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“(1) The Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018 (referred to in this Chapter as the “2018 Act”) is amended as follows.

(2) In section 1 (power to make sanctions regulations) omit subsection (4).

(3) Omit section 2 (additional requirements for regulations for a purpose within section 1(2)).

(4) In section 45 (revocation and amendment of regulations under section 1)—

(a) in subsection (2)—

(i) omit the “and” at the end of paragraph (a);

(ii) omit paragraph (b);

(b) omit subsections (3) to (5);

(c) in subsection (6) omit “, section 2”.”—(Paul Scully.)

This new clause and NC33 to NC40 would form a new Chapter 2 in Part 3 of the Bill and would make provision (a) streamlining the process by which an appropriate Minister can make designations for the purposes of sanctions regulations, (b) amending provision relating to reviews and reports and (c) making connected provision.

Brought up, and added to the Bill.

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A parliamentary bill is divided into sections called clauses.

Printed in the margin next to each clause is a brief explanatory `side-note' giving details of what the effect of the clause will be.

During the committee stage of a bill, MPs examine these clauses in detail and may introduce new clauses of their own or table amendments to the existing clauses.

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