Overview of the Bill
1 The Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Bill will:
a. enable the UK to continue to implement United Nations (UN) sanctions regimes and to use sanctions to meet national security and foreign policy objectives; and
b. enable anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing measures to be kept up to date, helping to protect the security of the UK and continuing to align the UK with international standards.
2 These matters are currently largely dealt with through the European Communities Act 1972, which will be repealed when the UK withdraws from the European Union (EU).
3 The Bill is in three parts and has three schedules.
a. Part 1 provides powers to create sanctions regimes.
b. Part 2 provides powers to make anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing regulations.
c. Part 3 contains supplementary clauses to support Parts 1 and 2 of the Bill, as well as definitions and final provisions.
d. Schedule 1 makes further provision for regulations which impose trade sanctions and relates to clause 4 in Part 1.
e. Schedule 2 makes further provision for regulations for the purposes of anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing and relates to Part 2.
f. Schedule 3 deals with the consequential amendments to other, connected primary legislation.