Part 1: Sanctions regulations Chapter 2: Review by appropriate Minister Section 30: Review by appropriate Minister of regulations under section 1
This section requires that, on an annual basis, the appropriate Minister must consider whether sanctions regulations are still appropriate for their specified purposes. For sanctions regulations which are made for a purpose other than compliance with UN obligations or other international obligations, the Minister must also consider whether there are good reasons to pursue that purpose and whether sanctions are a reasonable course of action for that purpose. This will help to ensure that each sanctions regime only remains in place for as long as it is serving a valid purpose and will help to prevent regimes remaining on the statute book after they are no longer required. This would be a high level political review of the overall regime, particularly focused on whether or not it is contributing to its intended purpose, and would not include a review of the evidence underpinning each designation. The appropriate minister who has carried out the review is required to lay before Parliament a written report outlining the conclusions of the review.