Part 1: Sanctions regulations Chapter 1: Power to make sanctions regulations Sections 9 and 10: "Designated persons" and Designation powers: general
Sections 9 to 13 deal with the designation of persons for the purpose of sanctions. These provisions would enable persons to be individually subjected to sanctions measures such as asset freezes (see section 3). There are around 2,000 designated persons under existing sanctions regimes implemented by the UK. Examples include individuals involved in providing support to the Syrian regime or those assisting in the nuclear, ballistic and weapons of mass destruction programmes in North Korea.
	Section 9 introduces the term "designated persons". Persons can be designated by an appropriate Minister either by name (see section 11) or description (see section 12). There is a separate procedure for the designation of those named in UN Security Council resolutions (see section 13). "Persons" can be companies and other entities that have legal personality as well as associations or groups of persons.
	Section 10 enables Ministers to set out in regulations how designation powers are to be exercised, including requirements for notification and publicity. Regulations must place an obligation on the appropriate Minister to take such steps as are reasonably practicable to inform designated persons of their designation, though there is no need for a designated person to be notified in advance of any designation coming into effect. The regulations may also make provision about public notification of designations.
	These designation provisions should be considered alongside provisions in Chapter 2, which require Ministers to undertake regular reviews of sanctions and give designated persons the right to reassessment, and Chapter 4, which enable designated persons to have access to the courts.
	The government intends to publish the details of UK designated persons on an administrative list which will be kept up to date and made available on its website1. This is consistent with the approach taken at the moment by HM Treasury’s Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI), which already publishes a consolidated list of financial sanctions targets2.